{"id":"F2006L02912","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Hazardous Service - former Republic of Yugoslavia (19/07/2006)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-former-republic-of-yugoslavia-19-0","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":60167,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02912-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Hazardous Service - former Republic of Yugoslavia (19/07/2006)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)  \n\n\n# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\n Determination of Hazardous Service\n\n \n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\n\n \n\n1. revoke the Determination made under paragraph 120(7)(b) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 16 December 1996 in relation to service in the former Republic of Yugoslavia on or after 24 January 1997; and\n2. determine that:\n\n\n(i).          service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force while on exchange with the forces of other countries on or after 24 January 1997 in the specified area, is hazardous service for the purposes of the definition of “hazardous service” in paragraph 120(7) of the Act, and\n\n(ii).       the specified area comprises the former Republic of Yugoslavia.\n\nc.                       This Determination is taken to have commenced on 24 January 1997.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated      19 July    2006                                         \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n       \n\n          BRUCE BILLSON\n\n             Minister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\n              for the Minister for Defence\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument expressly revokes a prior Determination (16 December 1996) and reclassifies exchange service in the former Republic of Yugoslavia on or after 24 January 1997 as \"hazardous service\" under paragraph 120(7) of the Act (items 1 and 2). That revocation plus the retrospective commencement (item c) changes the legal status of that cohort's service from the prior position and therefore alters who is covered and when coverage takes effect."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to paragraph 120(7) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 — requires legal reading of that definition to see downstream effects.","Retrospective commencement to 24 January 1997 (item c) — introduces retroactive legal effect for service from that date.","Revocation of prior Determination made 16 December 1996 (item 1) — changes an earlier legal position and may require administrative updates.","Geographic term \"former Republic of Yugoslavia\" (item 2(ii)) may need factual clarification about which territories/timeframes are encompassed.","Targeted beneficiary class: ADF members on exchange with foreign forces (item 2(i)) — limited scope reduces administrative breadth but concentrates effects on a defined group."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination revokes a 16 December 1996 Determination and declares that service by Australian Defence Force members on exchange with the forces of other countries in the former Republic of Yugoslavia on or after 24 January 1997 is \"hazardous service\" for the purposes of paragraph 120(7) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. The Determination is taken to have commenced on 24 January 1997.\n\nThe change affects ADF personnel who served on exchange in that area by altering their statutory classification under the Act, which in turn changes entitlement outcomes tied to the definition of \"hazardous service.\""},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination operates within its intended scope under section 120(7) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, which authorises the Minister to declare specific service as hazardous. It is a straightforward replacement of an earlier determination covering the same geographic area and timeframe, without expansion into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (under 300 words)","Only 2 substantive operative provisions (revocation and new determination)","No defined terms beyond statutory references","Simple conditional structure: service as ADF member + on exchange + in specified area + on or after date = hazardous service","Single cross-reference to paragraph 120(7)(b) of the parent Act","No nested exceptions or complex temporal calculations beyond the retrospective commencement date"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 declares that Australian Defence Force members who served on exchange with other countries’ forces in the former Republic of Yugoslavia on or after 24 January 1997 performed \"hazardous service.\" It replaces a December 1996 determination and applies retrospectively, ensuring exchange personnel in that period can access hazardous‑service entitlements (disability pensions and related benefits) on the same basis as other veterans."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-former-republic-of-yugoslavia-19-0","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-former-republic-of-yugoslavia-19-0/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-former-republic-of-yugoslavia-19-0/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-former-republic-of-yugoslavia-19-0/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-former-republic-of-yugoslavia-19-0/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-former-republic-of-yugoslavia-19-0/documents"}}