{"id":"F2006L02857","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Hazardous Service - OPERATIONS HABITAT AND BLAZER (19/07/2006)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-operations-habitat-and-blazer-19-0","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":60094,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02857-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986","sectionType":"part","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986","content":"# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of Hazardous Service\n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\n\n1.  revoke the Determination made under paragraph 120(7)(b) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 22 October 1991 in relation to:\n\n(i). service with Allied Forces providing humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees in Iraq and in the area of Turkey south of latitude 38° north;\n\n(ii). service afloat after 8 June 1991 in Royal Australian naval or allied naval units deployed in the following areas: the waters of the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Northern Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea bounded to the south and east by the following coordinates:\n\n25° 00° North \\- 61° 50° East\n\n20° 00° North \\- 61° 50° East\n\n11° 50° North \\- 51° 17° East\n\n(iii). service with the United Nations Special Commission for the Destruction of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, whilst actually in Iraq; and\n\nb. determine:\n\n(i). that service rendered:\n\n(1) as a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of Operation HABITAT on or after 7 May 1991 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(2) the specified area comprises Iraq and in the area of Turkey south of latitude 38° north, and\n\n  \n\n(ii). that service rendered:\n\n(1) as a member of the Australian Defence Force afloat in Royal Australian naval or allied naval units deployed in the specified area after 8 June 1991 and before 1 April 1996 is hazardous service for the purposes of the definition of “hazardous service” in paragraph 120(7) of the Act, and\n\n(2) the specified area comprises the waters of the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Northern Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea bounded to the south and east by the following coordinates:\n\n25° 00° North \\- 61° 50° East\n\n20° 00° North \\- 61° 50° East\n\n11° 50° North \\- 51° 17° East\n\n(iii). that service rendered:\n\n(1) as a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of Operation BLAZER with the United Nations Special Commission for the Destruction of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the specified area on or after 2 July 1991 is hazardous service for the purposes of the definition of “hazardous service” in paragraph 120(7) of the Act, and\n\n(2) the specified area comprises Iraq.\n\nc. This Determination is taken to have commenced on 7 May 1991.\n\nDated 19 July 2006\n\nBRUCE BILLSON\n\nMinister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\nfor the Minister for Defence","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Determination revokes the 22 October 1991 instrument for the listed services and re‑declares hazardous service with clarified areas and dates (see clauses revoking prior determination and clauses b(i)–(iii)). It therefore alters the legal scope and timing of which ADF deployments qualify as hazardous service by specifying precise areas, start/end dates and applying the change retrospectively to 7 May 1991."},"complexity_factors":["Legal basis: operation under paragraph 120(7) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (requires linking Determination to statutory entitlement rules).","Revocation plus re‑determination: cancels a previous 22 Oct 1991 Determination and restates hazardous service for specified activities.","Temporal complexity: retroactive commencement (taken to have commenced 7 May 1991) and an explicit end date for naval service (before 1 April 1996).","Geographic precision: inclusion of exact coordinates and named maritime areas requires precise service-location verification.","Operational specificity: separate treatment of Operation HABITAT, naval deployments, and Operation BLAZER with different date/area rules.","Administrative impact: requires checking service records and may change entitlement outcomes for a defined cohort of veterans."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination revokes a 1991 instrument and declares specified Australian Defence Force service during Operation HABITAT and Operation BLAZER, and certain naval deployments in defined waters and coordinates, to be “hazardous service” under paragraph 120(7) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986. It applies retroactively (from 7 May 1991) and affects the entitlements and eligibility of ADF members who served in those areas and dates."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: defining hazardous service for specific post-Gulf War operations. It replaces an earlier 1991 determination covering the same operations without expanding into new operational areas or entitlements."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative section with clear structural numbering (1, a, b, c)","Only 3 defined operational areas with specific geographic coordinates","No nested exceptions or conditional logic—straightforward declarative language","Minimal cross-referencing (only refers to paragraph 120(7) of the parent Act)","No interpretation section or defined terms beyond the specified areas","Retrospective commencement date is explicit and uncomplicated"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination revokes a 1991 instrument and redefines which early‑1990s Gulf and Iraq operations count as \"hazardous service\" — notably humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees (Operation HABITAT), naval patrols in specified Gulf/Red Sea waters, and UN weapons inspections (Operation BLAZER). \n\nIt’s backdated to 7 May 1991 and affects Australian Defence Force members from those missions by triggering eligibility for Veterans' Entitlements Act benefits (disability pensions, medical care and related entitlements)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-operations-habitat-and-blazer-19-0","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-operations-habitat-and-blazer-19-0/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-operations-habitat-and-blazer-19-0/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-operations-habitat-and-blazer-19-0/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-operations-habitat-and-blazer-19-0/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-hazardous-service-operations-habitat-and-blazer-19-0/documents"}}