This instrument is the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Warlike Service) Determination 2019.

This instrument commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.

This instrument is made under paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

ADF means the Australian Defence Force (within the meaning of the Defence Act 1903).

NATO means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

6 Warlike service

Schedule 1 specifies service with the Defence Force that is warlike service for the purposes of the Act.

Schedule 1—Warlike service

1 Warlike service

For the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Act, service with the Defence Force 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 the item; and

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

Warlike service
Item	Name of operation	Nature of operation	Area of operation	Period
1	Enduring Freedom—Afghanistan	US Global War on Terror	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	7 October 2001 – 31 December 2014
2	Slipper	ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism	The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates: (a) 48°00′N 81°00′E; (b) 48°00′N 35°00′E; (c) 12°00′N 35°00′E; (d) 12°00′N 81°00′E	11 October 2001 – 30 July 2009
2A	Slipper	ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism	The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates: (a) 39°00′N 78°00′E; (b) 39°00′N 32°00′E; (c) 05°00′S 32°00′E; (d) 05°00′S 78°00′E	31 July 2009 – 19 February 2012
2B	Slipper	ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism	The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates: (a) 39°00′N 32°00′E; (b) 39°00′N 78°00′E; (c) 23°00′N 78°00′E; (d) 23°00′N 68°00′E; (e) 11°00′S 68°00′E; (f) 11°00′S 38°00′E; (g) 17°00′N 38°00′E; (h) 17°00′N 32°00′E	20 February 2012 – 30 June 2014
2C	Slipper	ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	1 July 2014 – 31 December 2014

Warlike service
Item	Name of operation	Nature of operation	Area of operation	Period
3	Ariki	New Zealand contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom—Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	1 December 2001 – 31 December 2014
4	Palate	ADF support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan	18 April 2003 – 5 July 2004
5	Catalyst	ADF contribution in support of the US‑led coalition operations in Iraq in order to support the Australian whole‑of‑government effort to assist with the rehabilitation of Iraq and to remove the threat posed to global security by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction capability	The total land areas, territorial waters, internal waterways and superjacent airspace boundaries of Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia (north of latitude 23°00′N), the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz	16 July 2003 – 31 July 2009
6	Athena	Canadian contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	17 July 2003 – 31 December 2014
7	International Security Assistance Force	NATO‑led security mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	11 August 2003 – 31 December 2014
8	Herrick	United Kingdom contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	1 September 2004 – 31 December 2014
9	Palate II	ADF support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan	27 June 2005 – 10 March 2017

Warlike service
Item	Name of operation	Nature of operation	Area of operation	Period
10	Paladin	ADF contribution to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization	Southern Lebanon bounded by 33°12′N 35°12′E, 33°10′N 35°20′E, 33°19′N 35°25′E, on the Litani River, then along the Litani River to 33°25′N 35°37′E, 33°22′N 35°49′E, on the Syria‑Lebanon border, then south to the junction of the Syria‑Lebanon‑Israel border, then east along the Lebanon‑Israel border to the coast, then north along the coast to 33°12′N 35°12′E	12 July 2006 – 14 August 2006
11	Riverbank	ADF support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq	Iraq	21 July 2008 – 14 December 2013
12	Kruger	ADF contribution to the provision of security to the Australian Embassy in Iraq	Iraq	1 January 2009 – 9 August 2011
13		ADF contribution to the NATO no‑fly zone and maritime enforcement operation against Libya	Libya and its territorial waters and superjacent airspace	31 March 2011 – 31 October 2011
14	Okra	ADF contribution to the Iraq crisis	The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq	9 August 2014 – 8 September 2015
14A	Okra	ADF contribution to the Iraq and Syria crisis	The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq and Syria	On and after 9 September 2015
15	Highroad	ADF contribution to the NATO‑led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	On and after 1 January 2015
16	Augury	Supporting the ADF’s understanding of Islamist terrorist threats to Australia and the region	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	On and after 28 April 2016
17	Steadfast	ADF contribution to the NATO Mission in Iraq	The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq.	On and after 10 September 2018

Schedule 2—Repeals

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Warlike Service—2017 Measures
No. 1) Determination 2017

1 The whole of the Determination

Repeal the Determination.