Veterans Entitlements (Nonwarlike ServiceOperation Accordion) Determination 2014

I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination under the definition of nonwarlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated:  4 May 2014

Stuart Robert

Assistant Minister for Defence

 

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name of determination

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Nonwarlike service

1  Name of determination

  This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service—Operation Accordion) Determination 2014.

2  Commencement

  This determination commences on 1 July 2014.

3  Authority

  This determination is made under the definition of nonwarlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans Entitlements Act 1986.

4  Definitions

  In this determination:

Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

5  Nonwarlike service

  For the definition of nonwarlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, service in an operation mentioned in an item of the following table is nonwarlike service for the purposes of the Act if the service:

 (a) is in an area of operation mentioned in that item; and

 (b) occurs during a period mentioned in that item.

 

Nonwarlike service

Item

Name of operation

Nature of operation

Area of operation

Period

1

Accordion

Supporting operations in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in relation to the ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism

The area bounded by the land masses and superjacent airspaces of Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

On and after 1 July 2014