{"id":"F2007B00576","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - OPERATION ALLIED FORCE (24/08/1999)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-allied-force-24-08-199","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":62356,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00576-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 ALLIED FORCE (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\nVeterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of non-warlike service  (OPERATION ALLIED FORCE)\n\n \n\nI, Bruce Scott, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for\n\nDefence, under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act),\n\ndetermine that service rendered as a member of the ADF serving with the NATO operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in the area of operations\n\nspecified below during any period from 15 April 1999 to 3 June 1999, is non-warlike service for the purposes of the Act.\n\n \n\n- The area of operation comprises the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Adriatic Sea and NATO bases in\n\n\n Italy.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated   24th August     1999\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nBRUCE SCOTT\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on\n\n behalf of the Minister for Defence\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1644},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination remains precisely scoped to the 1999 Kosovo conflict timeframe and geography. It has not expanded to cover other Balkan operations or later Yugoslavia deployments, serving only as a historical classification for the specific seven-week NATO operation."},"complexity_factors":["Single-page instrument with no schedules or attachments","Only one legislative cross-reference (section 5C(1) of the Act)","No defined terms, exceptions, or conditional clauses","Straightforward temporal and geographic boundaries (fixed dates, listed locations)","Binary legal classification without nested qualifications"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration records that Australian Defence Force service during the 1999 NATO campaign in Kosovo (Operation Allied Force, 15 April–3 June 1999, in specified areas including FR Yugoslavia, Albania, Macedonia, the Adriatic Sea and NATO bases in Italy) is classified as \"non‑warlike service\" rather than \"warlike\" under the Veterans' Entitlements Act. That classification determines the level and type of pensions and medical benefits veterans can claim. The Minister for Veterans' Affairs made the determination under section 5C(1) of the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-allied-force-24-08-199","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-allied-force-24-08-199/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-allied-force-24-08-199/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-allied-force-24-08-199/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-allied-force-24-08-199/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-allied-force-24-08-199/documents"}}