Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service—Operation Okra) Determination 2014 (Cth)

Veterans’ Entitlements (Non‑warlike Service—Operation Okra) Determination 2014

I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination.

Dated   21 October 2014

Stuart Robert

Assistant Minister for Defence

Contents

1............ Name of instrument....................................................................................................... 1

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

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

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Non‑warlike service...................................................................................................... 1

1  Name of instrument

This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service—Operation Okra) Determination 2014.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

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

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

5  Non‑warlike service

For the definition of non‑warlike service in subsection 5C(1) 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 the item; and

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

Non‑warlike service
Item	Name of operation	Nature of operation	Area of operation	Period
1	Okra	ADF contribution to the Iraq crisis	The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and the waters and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf	1 July 2014­–­ 8 August 2014
2	Okra	ADF contribution to the Iraq crisis	The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Albania, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Jordan, Kuwait, Montenegro, Poland, Qatar, Romania and the United Arab Emirates, and the waters and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf	On and after 9 August 2014