Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2014 (Cth)

Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2014

I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination under the definition of warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

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

Schedule 1—Repeal  3

Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2012           3

1  Name of determination

This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2014.

2  Commencement

This determination commences on 1 July 2014.

3  Authority

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

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

6  Warlike service

For the definition of warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, service 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 that item; and

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

Warlike service
Item	Name of operation	Nature of operation	Area of operation	Period
1	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¢N 32°00¢E; (d) 05°00¢N 78°00¢E	31 July 2009–19 February 2012
2	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—30 June 2014
3	Slipper	ADF contribution to the International Coalition against Terrorism	The area bounded by the land mass and superjacent airspace of Afghanistan	On and after 1 July 2014

Schedule 1—Repeal

Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Slipper) Determination 2012

1  The whole of the determination

Repeal the determination.