{"id":"F2007B00578","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - OPERATION AGRICOLA (24/08/1999)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-agricola-24-08-1999","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62358,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00578-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 - OPERATION AGRICOLA (24/08/1999)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)  \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nVeterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of non-warlike service  (OPERATION AGRICOLA)\n\nI, Bruce Scott, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence, under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act), determine that service rendered by a member of the ADF assigned for duty with OPERATION AGRICOLA in the area of operations specified below during the period from 25 February 1999 to 10 June 1999, is non-warlike service for the purposes of the\n\nAct.\n\n \n\n \n\n-      The area of operation comprises the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Albania and\n\n\n the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.\n\nDated 24th  August  1999\n\n \n\n \n\nBRUCE SCOTT\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1734},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination exercises precisely the power conferred by section 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, declaring specific operational service as non-warlike without expanding beyond the statutory authority or original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause declaring service classification","Clear, fixed temporal boundaries (25 February to 10 June 1999)","Specific geographical enumeration without conditional modifiers","No internal definitions, cross-references, or exceptions","Straightforward exercise of ministerial discretion under section 5C(1)"],"plain_english_summary":"This decision classifies Operation Agricola — Australia’s 1999 deployment to the Balkans — as \"non-warlike service\" under the Veterans' Entitlements Act. It applies to ADF members who served between 25 February and 10 June 1999 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Albania, or the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.\n\nThe classification determines eligibility and level of disability compensation, how the Department of Veterans’ Affairs assesses service-related injury or illness, and the entitlements and healthcare access available to affected veterans and their families."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-agricola-24-08-1999","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-agricola-24-08-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-agricola-24-08-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-agricola-24-08-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-agricola-24-08-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-agricola-24-08-1999/documents"}}