{"id":"F2006L02913","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - Guatemala (19/07/2006)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-guatemala-19-07-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":60169,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02913-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - Guatemala (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 Non-warlike 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 subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 23 December 1997 in relation to service in Guatemala during the period 13 February 1997 to 12 May 1997; and\n2. determine that:\n\n\n(i).          service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of the United Nations Observer Mission in Guatemala during the period              13 February 1997 to 12 May 1997 in the specified area, is non-warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “non-warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, and\n\n(ii).       the specified area comprises Guatemala.\n\nc.                       This Determination is taken to have commenced on 13 February 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":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2737},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination operates strictly within the scope of section 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, which expressly authorises the Minister to determine what constitutes non-warlike service. It simply updates the classification for a specific historical deployment, replacing an earlier determination covering identical service."},"complexity_factors":["Revocation and replacement mechanism affecting prior instrument","Retrospective commencement provision","Reference to specific United Nations mission requiring external factual knowledge"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination classifies Australian Defence Force service with the UN Observer Mission in Guatemala (13 Feb–12 May 1997) as non‑warlike service under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, replacing the earlier 1997 determination and applying retrospectively from 13 February 1997. It affects eligible veterans and their dependants by confirming access to the repatriation health benefits and disability entitlements tied to non‑warlike service."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-guatemala-19-07-2006","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-guatemala-19-07-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-guatemala-19-07-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-guatemala-19-07-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-guatemala-19-07-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-guatemala-19-07-2006/documents"}}