{"id":"F2006L02013","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - Operation ASTUTE (01/06/2006)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-astute-01-06-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":117381,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - Operation ASTUTE (01/06/2006)","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\nATTACHMENT E TO\n\nCDF (S)/OUT/2006/197\n\n![](image.001.png)  \n\n\n# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\n Determination of Non-warlike Service\n\nOperation ASTUTE\n\n \n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\n\n1. determine that:\n\n\n(i).          service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service on Operation ASTUTE on or after 12 May 2006 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 East Timor and its territorial waters and superjacent airspace.\n\nb.                      This Determination is taken to have commenced on 12 May 2006.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated  1 June 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":1866},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard ministerial determination operating exactly as intended under subsection 5C(1) of the Act. It declares a specific military operation as non-warlike service without expanding beyond the precise geographic and temporal scope of Operation ASTUTE in East Timor."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with no conditional logic","No defined terms within the instrument itself","Simple declarative structure with only date and geographic parameters","No cross-references, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Length of less than one page"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination classifies Australian Defence Force service on Operation ASTUTE as non‑warlike under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. It covers ADF personnel serving in East Timor (including territorial waters and superjacent airspace) from 12 May 2006 onward, giving access to non‑warlike veterans’ entitlements (such as disability pensions and healthcare). The classification is retrospective despite being signed on 1 June 2006."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-astute-01-06-2006","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-astute-01-06-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-astute-01-06-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-astute-01-06-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-astute-01-06-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-astute-01-06-2006/documents"}}