Warlike service Operation Northern Watch Declaration 2007 (Cth)

Warlike service – OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH Declaration 2007

Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990

I, BRUCE BILLSON, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, make this Declaration under subsection 3C (1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.

Dated   15 October    2007

Signed Bruce Billson

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

1              Name of Declaration

This Declaration is the Warlike service – OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH Declaration 2007.

2              Commencement

This Declaration commences on the day after it is registered.

3              Warlike service – OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH

For subsection 3C (1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, duty is warlike service if it is rendered:

(a)    in an area of operations that comprises Iraq; and

(b)    as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for duty on OPERATION NORTHERN WATCH; and

(c)    during the period 1 January 1997 to 12 January 2003.