{"id":"F2006B11643","name":"Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 - Declaration of Warlike service - OPERATION CATALYST (16/07/2003)","slug":"defence-force-home-loans-assistance-act-1990-declaration-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-16-07","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":57624,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B11643-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 - Declaration of Warlike service - OPERATION CATALYST (16/07/2003)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)  \n\n\nDefence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990\n\nDeclaration of Warlike service  OPERATION CATALYST\n\nI, Danna Vale, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for\n\nDefence, declare that service rendered as a member of the ADF allotted for service on OPERATION CATALYST on and from 16 July 2003 in the specified area below is\n\nwarlike service for the purposes of section 3C of the Defence Force (Home Loans\n\nAssistance) Act 1990.\n\n-                   The Specified Area comprises the total land areas, territorial waters,\n\n\ninternal waterways and superjacent airspace boundaries of Iraq,\n\nKuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia north of\n\n23 degrees North latitude, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nDated  Sixteenth July, 2003\n\n \n\n \n\nDANNA VALE\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on\n\nbehalf of the Minister for Defence\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1484},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration does not expand or alter the scope of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990. It simply applies the existing statutory framework to a specific military operation (Operation Catalyst), declaring it as 'warlike service' as authorised under section 3C of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with no conditional logic or exceptions","Only one legislative cross-reference (to section 3C of the parent Act)","Clear geographic boundaries using specific coordinates and named countries","No defined terms or interpretation clauses within the instrument","Extremely short length (less than one page)"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration classifies **Operation Catalyst** — Australia's military involvement in Iraq and surrounding regions starting from 16 July 2003 — as **\"warlike service\"** under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.\n\n**What this means:**\nMembers of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) who served in this operation become eligible for **home loan assistance benefits** (financial help to buy or build homes). The specified areas include:\n- Iraq\n- Kuwait\n- Bahrain\n- Qatar\n- United Arab Emirates\n- Saudi Arabia (north of 23° North latitude)\n- The Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThe Act treats \"warlike service\" differently from peacetime service. By making this declaration, the Minister ensures that ADF members serving in these dangerous operational areas receive the appropriate level of home loan support intended for active warlike deployments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-act-1990-declaration-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-16-07","history":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-act-1990-declaration-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-16-07/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-act-1990-declaration-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-16-07/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-act-1990-declaration-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-16-07/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-act-1990-declaration-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-16-07/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-act-1990-declaration-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-16-07/documents"}}