{"id":"F2006L02916","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of non-warlike service - Liberville, Congo (19/07/2006)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-liberville-congo-19-07-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":60175,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02916-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986","sectionType":"part","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act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 Non-warlike Service\n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\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 Liberville (Gabon), Pointe Noire (Peoples Republic of Congo) and Barazzaville (Congo) during the period 25 July 1997 to 7 August 1997; and\n2.  determine that:\n\n(i). service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of the Technical Survey Team during the period 25 July 1997 to 7 August 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 Libreville (Gabon), Pointe Noire (Republic of the Congo \\[formerly known as the Peoples Republic of Congo\\]) and Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo).\n\nc. This Determination is taken to have commenced on 25 July 1997.\n\nDated 19 July 2006\n\nBRUCE BILLSON\n\nMinister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\nfor the Minister for Defence","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2821},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function intended by subsection 5C(1) of the Act: classifying specific ADF service as non-warlike. While it corrects typographical errors in location names from the original 1997 instrument, it does not expand the scope beyond the original intent of covering the Technical Survey Team deployment."},"complexity_factors":["Very brief instrument (approximately 200 words)","Single, unambiguous service period (two weeks in 1997)","Limited geographic scope (three specifically named cities)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislative provisions","Simple two-step structure (revocation of previous instrument + new determination)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination classifies a specific Australian military deployment to Central Africa as **non-warlike service** under veterans' law.\n\n**What it does**\n- Officially recognises service by the Australian Defence Force's Technical Survey Team in Libreville (Gabon), Pointe Noire, and Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) between 25 July and 7 August 1997 as \"non-warlike service\"\n- Corrects an earlier 1997 determination that contained spelling errors in the location names (Liberville/Libreville and Barazzaville/Brazzaville)\n\n**Who it affects**\n- ADF members who served with the Technical Survey Team in these locations during the two-week period in 1997\n\n**Why it matters**\n- The classification determines eligibility for veterans' benefits (such as disability pensions and healthcare) under the *Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986*\n- \"Non-warlike service\" is a specific legal category (covering hazardous but non-combat operations) that affects the level of compensation and support available to eligible veterans"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-liberville-congo-19-07-2006","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-liberville-congo-19-07-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-liberville-congo-19-07-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-liberville-congo-19-07-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-liberville-congo-19-07-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-liberville-congo-19-07-2006/documents"}}