Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Determination 2019 (Cth)

Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Determination 2019

made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Compilation No. 3               

Compilation date:   6 April 2022

Includes amendments up to:            F2022L00534

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Determination 2019 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 6 April 2022 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register ( The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents

1  Name.......................................................................................................... 1

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

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

6  Warlike service........................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Warlike service............................................................................................... 2

1       Warlike service....................................................................................... 2

Endnotes............................................................................................................................... 7

Endnote 1—About the endnotes....................................................................................... 7

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key........................................................................................... 8

Endnote 3—Legislation history......................................................................................... 9

Endnote 4—Amendment history..................................................................................... 10

1  Name

This instrument is Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service) Determination 2019.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

5  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

NATO means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

6  Warlike service

Schedule 1 specifies service in the Defence Force that is Warlike service for the purposes of the Act.

Schedule 1—Warlike service

1                 Warlike service

For the purposes of the definition of warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, service in 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	Vietnam	Vietnam (Southern Zone)	12 January 1973 – 29 April 1975
2	Jural	Defence Force contribution to the Coalition Force operation to patrol the Iraq No-Fly-Zones.	Iraq	30 June 1991 – 12 January 2003
3	Provide Comfort	Defence Force contribution to the Coalition Force operation to patrol the Iraq No-Fly-Zones	Iraq	11 August 1991 – 15 December 1996
4	Bolton	Defence Force contribution to the Coalition Force operation to control the Iraq No-Fly-Zones	Iraq	31 August 1992 – 12 January 2003
5	Southern Watch	Defence Force contribution to the Coalition Force operation to patrol the Iraq No-Fly-Zones	Iraq	31 August 1992 – 12 January 2003
6	Tamar	Defence Force contribution to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda	Rwanda and the areas in Uganda, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Burundi and Tanzania that are not more than 50 kilometres from the border with Rwanda.	25 July 1994 – 16 January 1996
7	Northern Watch	Defence Force contribution to the Coalition Force operation to patrol the Iraq No-Fly-Zones	Iraq	1 January 1997 – 12 January 2003
8	Faber	Defence Force contribution to the United Nations Advance Mission in East Timor	East Timor and the sea area that on 16 September 1999 was the territorial sea of Indonesia adjacent to East Timor.	16 September 1999 – 23 February 2000
9	Stabilise	Defence Force contribution to the International Force in East Timor	East Timor and the sea area that on 16 September 1999 was the territorial sea of Indonesia adjacent to East Timor.	16 September 1999 – 23 February 2000
10	Warden	Defence Force contribution to the International Force in East Timor	East Timor and the sea area that on 16 September 1999 was the territorial sea of Indonesia adjacent to East Timor.	16 September 1999 – 10 April 2000
11	Tanager	Defence Force contribution to the United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor	East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor.	20 February 2000 – 19 May 2002
12	Husky	Defence Force contribution to the International Military Advisory and Training Team in Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	15 January 2001 – 28 February 2003
13	Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan	US Global War on Terror	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	7 October 2001 –  31 December 2014
14	Slipper	Defence Force contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism	(a) The area bounded by the following coordinates 48o 00'N 81o00'E 48o 00'N 35o00'E 12o 00'N 35o00'E 12o 00'N 81o00'E (b) The Diego Garcia land mass and territorial waters and the superjacent airspace out to 250nm radius (from Reference Point 07 18.6S 072 24.6E)	11 October 2001 – 30 July 2009
14A	Slipper	Defence Force 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
14B	Slipper	Defence Force 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
14C	Slipper	Defence Force contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism.	The area bounded by the land mass and superjacent airspace of Afghanistan	1 July 2014 – 31 December 2014
15	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
16	Citadel	Defence Force contribution to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor.	East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor	20 May 2002 – 17 August 2003
17	Falconer	Defence Force contribution in support of the US-led coalition operations to assist with the rehabilitation of Iraq and remove the threat posed to global security by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capability.	The area bounded by the following geographical coordinates: (a) 38°00¢N 68°00¢E (b) 38°00¢N 32°00¢E (c) 10°00¢N 32°00¢E (d) 10°00¢N 68°00¢E	18 March 2003 – 22 July 2003
18	Palate	Defence Force contribution to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.	Afghanistan	18 April 2003 – 5 July 2004
19	Catalyst	Defence Force 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 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
20	Athena	Canadian contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan.	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	17 July 2003 – 31 December 2014
21	International Security Assistance Force	NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan.	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	11 August 2003 – 31 December 2014
22	Herrick	United Kingdom contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan.	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	1 September 2004 – 31 December 2014
23	Palate II	Defence Force support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan	Afghanistan's land territory, internal waters and superjacent airspace	27 June 2005 – 10 March 2017
24	Paladin	Defence Force 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
25	Riverbank	Defence Force support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq.	Iraq	21 July 2008 – 14 December 2013
26	Kruger	Defence Force contribution to the provision of security to the Australian Embassy in Iraq.	Iraq	1 January 2009 – 9 August 2011
27	Defence Force 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
28	Okra	Defence Force contribution to the Iraq crisis.	The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq	9 August 2014 – 8 September 2015
28A	Okra	Defence Force 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
29	Highroad	Defence Force Contribution to the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	1 January 2015 – 8 October 2021
30	Augury	Supporting the Defence Force’s understanding of Islamist terrorist threats to Australia and the region.	Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace	On and after 28 April 2016
30A	Augury	Supporting the Defence Force’s understanding of Islamist terrorist threats to Australia and the region.	The land territory and superjacent airspace of Iraq and Syria	On and after 1 December 2020
31	Steadfast	Defence Force contribution to the NATO Mission in Iraq	The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq	On and after 10 September 2018
32	Orenda	Defence Force contribution to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali.	The land area and superjacent airspace of the Republic of Mali.	On and after 1 April 2020

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history. 

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

o = order(s)
ad = added or inserted	Ord = Ordinance
am = amended	orig = original
amdt = amendment	par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
c = clause(s)	/sub‑subparagraph(s)
C[x] = Compilation No. x	pres = present
Ch = Chapter(s)	prev = previous
def = definition(s)	(prev…) = previously
Dict = Dictionary	Pt = Part(s)
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament	r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
Div = Division(s)
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have	reloc = relocated
effect	renum = renumbered
F = Federal Register of Legislation	rep = repealed
gaz = gazette	rs = repealed and substituted
LA = Legislation Act 2003	s = section(s)/subsection(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003	Sch = Schedule(s)
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given	Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
effect	SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment	SR = Statutory Rules
cannot be given effect	Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)
mod = modified/modification	SubPt = Subpart(s)
No. = Number(s)	underlining = whole or part not
commenced or to be commenced

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Name	Registration	Commencement	Application, saving and transitional provisions
Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Determination 2019	13 September 2019 (F2019L01191)	14 September 2019
Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Amendment Determination 2020 (No.1)	22 May 2020 (F2020L00601)	23 May 2020
Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Amendment Determination 2021 (No.1)	16 April 2021 (F2021L00448)	17 April 2021
Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Amendment Determination 2022 (No.1)	5 April 2022 (F2022L00534)	6 April 2022

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Provision affected	How affected
s2	rep LA s48D.
s4	rep LA s48C.
s6	am F2020L00601, F2021L00448 and F2022L00534.