{"id":"F2006B00576","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - OPERATION BEL ISI AND OPERATION BEL ISI II (23/10/2003)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bel-isi-and-operation-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40724,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00576-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - OPERATION BEL ISI AND OPERATION BEL ISI II (23/10/2003)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nVeterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of Non‑warlike Service\n\nOPERATION BEL ISI AND OPERATION BEL ISI II\n\nI, Mal Brough, Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:\n\n1.  revoke the determination made by the Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel dated 23 December 1997 in relation to the Truce Monitoring Group,\n2.  revoke the determination made by the Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel dated 13 May 1998 in relation to the Peace Monitoring Group, and\n\nc. determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF serving with the Truce Monitoring Group on Operation BEL ISI or the Peace Monitoring  \nGroup on Operation BEL ISI II during the period 20 November 1997 to 26 August 2003 in the Specified Area below is non‑warlike service for the purposes of subsection 5C (1) of the veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n• The specified area comprises Bougainville, Buka Islands and the Papua New Guinea territorial waters surrounding those islands.\n\nDated 23/10/ 2003\n\nMAL BROUGH\n\nMinister Assisting the Minister\n\nfor Defence for and on behalf of the\n\nMinister for Defence","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1821},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains its original narrow scope. It consolidates previous instruments covering the same peacekeeping operations without expanding beyond the original geographic area, time period, or operational context."},"complexity_factors":["Single, specific purpose (classification of defined service)","Limited to one subsection reference (5C(1)) of principal Act","Clear temporal boundaries (specific date range)","Narrow geographic scope (defined islands and waters only)","Minimal conditional language or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This legal instrument classifies military service in Bougainville as **\"non-warlike service\"** for veterans' benefits purposes. It applies to Australian Defence Force (ADF) members who served with peace monitoring forces between November 1997 and August 2003.\n\n**Key details:**\n- **Who is covered:** ADF personnel who served with the Truce Monitoring Group (Operation Bel Isi) or Peace Monitoring Group (Operation Bel Isi II)\n- **When:** 20 November 1997 to 26 August 2003\n- **Where:** Bougainville, Buka Islands, and surrounding Papua New Guinea territorial waters\n- **Effect:** This classification determines what compensation and support injured veterans (or their families) can access under the *Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986*. Non-warlike service sits between \"warlike service\" (combat) and peacetime service in terms of benefits available.\n\n**Background:** This replaces two earlier determinations from 1997 and 1998, consolidating them into one clear instrument."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bel-isi-and-operation-","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bel-isi-and-operation-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bel-isi-and-operation-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bel-isi-and-operation-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bel-isi-and-operation-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bel-isi-and-operation-/documents"}}