Veterans Entitlements (Warlike ServiceOperation Slipper) Determination 2014

I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination under the definition of warlike 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 Schedule(s)

5 Definitions

6 Warlike service

Schedule 1—Repeal

Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2012

1  Name of determination

  This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2014.

2  Commencement

  This determination commences on 1 July 2014.

3  Authority

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

4  Schedule(s)

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Definitions

  In this determination:

Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

6  Warlike service

  For the definition of warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, service in an operation mentioned in an item of the following table is warlike 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.

 

Warlike service

Item

Name of operation

Nature of operation

Area of operation

Period

1

Slipper

ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism

The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates:

(a) 39°00N 78°00E;

(b) 39°00N 32°00E;

(c) 05°00N 32°00E;

(d) 05°00N 78°00E

31 July 2009–19 February 2012

2

Slipper

ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism

The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates:

(a) 39°00N 32°00E;

(b) 39°00N 78°00E;

(c) 23°00N 78°00E;

(d) 23°00N 68°00E;

(e) 11°00S 68°00E;

(f) 11°00S 38°00E;

(g) 17°00N 38°00E;

(h) 17°00N 32°00E

20 February 201230 June 2014

3

Slipper

ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism

The area bounded by the land mass and superjacent airspace of Afghanistan

On and after 1 July 2014

Schedule 1Repeal

 

Veterans Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2012

1  The whole of the determination

Repeal the determination.