{"id":"F2008L04179","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - OPERATION HEDGEROW","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-hedgerow","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":76120,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L04179-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 HEDGEROW","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\n![](image.001.png)  \n\n\n \n\n# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\nDetermination of Non-warlike Service\n\nOPERATION HEDGEROW\n\n \n\nI, Warren Snowdon, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel:\n\n1. determine that:\n\n\n(i).            the specified area comprises Sudan; and\n\n(ii).           service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service with the Australian Defence Force mission in Sudan on Operation HEDGEROW on and from 28 July 2008 in the specified area is non-warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “non-warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nb.                      this Determination is taken to have commenced on 28 July 2008\n\n \n\n \n\nDated    Thirteenth October           2008\n\n \n\n \n\n      Signed Warren Snowdon\n\n \n\n \n\n     WARREN SNOWDON\n\n        Minister for Defence Science and Personnel\n\n             \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2006},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function intended under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986—declaring specific ADF operations as non-warlike service. It does not expand beyond the statutory purpose of classifying operational service for entitlements purposes."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with only two declarative subparagraphs","Reference to external statutory definition (subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986)","Retrospective commencement clause","No internal defined terms or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination classifies ADF service on Operation Hedgerow in Sudan from 28 July 2008 onward as non-warlike service under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. It affects current and former ADF members who served on that operation and matters because the classification determines eligibility for disability and service pensions and other veterans’ entitlements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-hedgerow","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-hedgerow/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-hedgerow/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-hedgerow/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-hedgerow/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-hedgerow/documents"}}