{"id":"F2014L01417","name":"Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014","slug":"defence-force-home-loans-assistance-warlike-service-operation-okra-declaration-2014","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438163,"registerId":"F2014L01417-fast-fetch-1775954701775","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nDefence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014\n\nI, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following declaration.\n\nDated 21 October 2014\n\nStuart Robert\n\nAssistant Minister for Defence\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name of instrument\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Warlike service\n\n \n\n1  Name of instrument\n\n  This instrument is the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.\n\n4  Warlike service\n\n  For subsection 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, duty is warlike service for the purposes of that Act if it is performed:\n\n (a) in the area bounded by the land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq; and\n\n (b) as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for duty on Operation Okra; and\n\n (c) on or after 9 August 2014.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2193},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument operates strictly within the authority of subsection 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, which expressly provides for declarations specifying particular duty as warlike service. It performs exactly the function contemplated by the enabling legislation without expanding beyond the designation of specific military operations and geographical areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with no schedules or attachments","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","Single cross-reference to the enabling Act (subsection 3C(1))","Simple three-part conjunctive test (area + operation + date) with no exceptions, exclusions, or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration classifies service on Operation Okra in Iraq as \"warlike service\" under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, making affected ADF members eligible for the Act’s enhanced home loan subsidies.  \n\nIt covers ADF personnel officially allotted to Operation Okra who served in Iraq (land, territorial waters or airspace) on or after 9 August 2014; the declaration was made on 21 October 2014, applying retrospectively."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-warlike-service-operation-okra-declaration-2014","history":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-warlike-service-operation-okra-declaration-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-warlike-service-operation-okra-declaration-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-warlike-service-operation-okra-declaration-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-warlike-service-operation-okra-declaration-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-force-home-loans-assistance-warlike-service-operation-okra-declaration-2014/documents"}}