{"id":"F2006B00717","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - OPERATION BOLTON (27/05/2003)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bolton-27-05-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40759,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00717-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 BOLTON (27/05/2003)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nVeterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of Non-warlike Service\n\n(OPERATION BOLTON)\n\nI, Danna Vale, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:\n\n1.  revoke the determination made by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and\n\non behalf of the Minister for Defence date 11 August 1999 in relation to OPERATION BOLTON, and\n\nb. determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF serving with the UK element of the coalition force operation to patrol the Iraq No-Fly-Zones on OPERATION BOLTON in the Area of Operations specified below during the period 13 May 1999 to 12 January 2003 is non-warlike service for the purposes of subsection 5C(l) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n-   The area of operations comprises Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.\n\nDated 27th May 2003\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\nDANNA VALE\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1700},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination maintains its original administrative scope. It is a standard replacement of an earlier determination for the same operation (Operation Bolton), updating the service classification without expanding beyond the Minister's authority under section 5C of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single cross-reference to subsection 5C(1) of the principal Act","Document is less than one page with no interpretation section","Simple binary structure: revocation of previous instrument plus new determination","Clear temporal boundaries (specific start and end dates)","Defined geographic area (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait) with no conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This Ministerial decision declares Australian Defence Force service on Operation Bolton (13 May 1999–12 Jan 2003) as \"non‑warlike service,\" replacing an August 1999 determination. It covers ADF personnel who served with the UK‑led coalition enforcing the Iraq no‑fly zones in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.\n\nThat classification determines veterans’ access to benefits, compensation and pensions under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bolton-27-05-2003","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bolton-27-05-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bolton-27-05-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bolton-27-05-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bolton-27-05-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-bolton-27-05-2003/documents"}}