Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Warlike Service) Determination 2014 (No. 1) (Cth)

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Warlike Service) Determination 2014 (No. 1)

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

Dated: 11 February 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............ Warlike service.............................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Warlike service  2

Schedule 2—Repeal  5

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Warlike Service) Determination 2012 (No. 2)  5

1  Name of determination

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

2  Commencement

This determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

This determination is made under paragraph 6(1)(a) 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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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  Warlike service

For paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Act, service in an operation mentioned in an item of Schedule 1 is warlike service for the purposes of the Act if:

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

(b)  the service is during a period mentioned in the item.

Schedule 1—Warlike service

Note:       See section 6.

Warlike service
Item	Name of operation	Nature of operation	Area of operation	Period
1	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
2	Palate	ADF support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan	18 April 2003—5 July 2004
3	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
4	Palate II	ADF support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan	27 June 2005—
5	Kruger	ADF contribution to the provision of security to the Australian Embassy in Iraq	Iraq	1 January 2009—
6	Riverbank	ADF support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq	Iraq	21 July 2008—
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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—
11	International Security Assistance Force	NATO‑led security mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	11 August 2003—
12	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—
13	ATHENA	Canadian contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	17 July 2003—
14	HERRICK	United Kingdom contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	1 September 2004—
15	ENDURING FREEDOM: Afghanistan	US Global War on Terror	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	7 October 2001—

Schedule 2—Repeal

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Warlike Service) Determination 2012 (No. 2)

1  The whole of the determination

Repeal the determination.