Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Non-warlike Service) Determination 2014 (No. 1) (Cth)

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Non‑warlike Service) Determination 2014 (No. 1)

I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination under paragraph 6(1)(b) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

Dated:              4 May 2014

Stuart Robert

Assistant Minister for Defence

Contents

1............ Name of determination.................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedule(s).................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

6............ Non‑warlike service...................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Non‑warlike service  2

1............ Non‑warlike service...................................................................................................... 2

Schedule 2—Repeal  6

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Non‑warlike Service) Determination 2012 (No. 3)   6

1  Name of determination

This determination is the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Non‑warlike Service) Determination 2014 (No. 1).

2  Commencement

This determination commences on 1 July 2014.

3  Authority

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

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

NATO means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

6  Non‑warlike service

Schedule 1 specifies service that is non‑warlike service for the purposes of the Act.

Schedule 1—Non‑warlike service

Note:       See section 6.

1  Non‑warlike service

For paragraph 6(1)(b) of the Act, service in an operation mentioned in an item of the following table is non‑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.

Non‑warlike service
Item	Name of operation	Nature of operation	Area of operation	Period
1	Anode	ADF contribution to the Australian Government’s Strengthened Assistance Framework Program in support of the Solomon Islands Government	The total land areas, territorial waters and superjacent airspace boundaries of the Solomon Islands	On and after 24 July 2003
2	Citadel	United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor	On and after 18 August 2003
3	Joint Guardian	United Nations Kosovo Force	Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	On and after 11 June 1999
4	Mazurka	Multi‑national Force and Observers—Sinai	Egypt, between the east bank of the Suez Canal and the international boundary between Egypt and Israel established by the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel signed in Washington on 26 March 1979, and an adjoining area extending 5 kilometres into Israel	On and after 28 January 1993
5	Osier	NATO Stabilisation Force	The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia‑Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro	On and after 24 January 1997
6	Paladin	ADF contribution to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization	The total land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace within the internationally recognised boundaries of Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt	21 April 2003–11 July 2006
7	Paladin	ADF contribution to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization	The total land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace within the internationally recognised boundaries of Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, excluding the following area: 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
8	Paladin	ADF contribution to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization	The total land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace within the internationally recognised boundaries of Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt	On and after 15 August 2006
9	Pomelo	ADF contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea	Ethiopia and Eritrea	On and after 15 January 2001
10	Spire	United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor	East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor	On and after 20 May 2004
11	Azure	United Nations Mission in Sudan	Sudan	On and after 10 April 2005
12	Astute	ADF stabilisation operation in support of the Government of East Timor	East Timor and its territorial waters and superjacent airspace	On and after 12 May 2006
13	Ramp	ADF operation in the Middle East in support of the Australian whole‑of‑ government response to the crisis in Lebanon	Lebanon and its territorial waters and superjacent airspace	On and after 20 July 2006
14	Quickstep	ADF mission in Fiji	Fiji and its land, internal waters, archipelagic waters, territorial sea and superjacent airspace and the exclusive economic zone of Fiji	31 October 2006–22 December 2006
15	Hedgerow	ADF contribution to the hybrid United Nations and African Union mission in Darfur	Sudan	On and after 28 July 2008
16	ADF contribution to the NATO no‑fly zone and maritime enforcement operation against Libya	International waters and superjacent airspace of the central southern Mediterranean Sea between 10°00¢E and 28°00¢E and south of 41°00¢N, including portions of Italy, Greece, Turkey, Albania and all of Malta and north of Libya and its territorial waters and superjacent airspace	31 March 2011–31 October 2011
17	Aslan	ADF contribution to the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan	Republic of South Sudan and its superjacent airspace	On and after 23 September 2011
18	Quickstep Tonga	ADF operation to assist the Government of Tonga with the restoration of law and order in Tonga	Sovereign territory of Tonga, including the land territory, internal waters, territorial sea, superjacent airspace, and the exclusive economic zone of Tonga, and its superjacent airspace	18 November 2006–30 November 2006
19	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 mass and superjacent airspaces of Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates	On and after 1 July 2014
20	Manitou	Maritime operations, including counter‑piracy operations	The area: (a) comprising all sea and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea north of latitude 11°00¢S and west of longitude 68°00¢E; and (b) including the ports adjacent to the area mentioned in paragraph (a), and the area within a 10 kilometre radius of each port.	On and after 1 July 2014

Schedule 2—Repeal

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Non‑warlike Service) Determination 2012 (No. 3)

1  The whole of the determination

Repeal the determination.