Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Determination of Non-warlike Service Operation SPIRE (08/12/2005) (Cth)

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Non-warlike Service

OPERATION SPIRE

I, De-Anne Kelly, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:

a.revoke the determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 3 August 2004 in relation to Operation SPIRE; and

b.            determine that:

1. service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service on Operation SPIRE on or after 20 May 2004 in the area of operations specified in subparagraph (ii) is non-warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “non-warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act; and

2. the area of operations comprises East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor.

   Dated    8 th December   2005

   DE-ANNE KELLY

   Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

   for the Minister for Defence