{"id":"F2006B00950","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike service - OPERATION POLLARD (17/09/2001)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-pollard-17-09-2001","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40840,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00950-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 POLLARD (17/09/2001)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nVeterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of Non‑warlike service\n\nOPERATION POLLARD\n\nI, Bruce Scott, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:\n\na. revoke the determination of 6 March 1998 in relation to Operation\n\nPOLLARD, and\n\nb. determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF on Operation\n\nPOLLARD during the period 17 February 1998 to 1 October 2001 in the area\n\nof operations specified below is non‑warlike service for the purposes of\n\nsubsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n• The area of operations comprises all sea, airspace and land North and West from 5 deg 00 min S 68 deg 00 min E and encompassing the outer boundaries of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Kenya.\n\nDated 17 September 2001\n\nBRUCE SCOTT\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on  \nbehalf of the Minister for Defence","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2364},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs its core function of defining operational parameters for classification purposes. While it extends the end date compared to the 1998 determination it replaces, this represents a routine temporal extension consistent with the instrument's original purpose, not scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Requires interpretation of geographic coordinates (5 deg 00 min S 68 deg 00 min E) to understand coverage area","References subsection 5C(1) of the principal Act without providing the text","Incorporates revocation of prior determination (6 March 1998) without reproducing its terms","Boundary definition relies on external geographic knowledge of eight national borders"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument classifies Operation POLLARD as \"non‑warlike service\" for veterans’ benefits, covering ADF personnel who served between 17 February 1998 and 1 October 2001 in the defined sea, air and land area north and west of 5°00'S 68°00'E (including waters adjacent to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan and Kenya). The change (replacing a 1998 determination) means affected veterans may access higher disability pensions and specific compensation linked to their service."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-pollard-17-09-2001","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-pollard-17-09-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-pollard-17-09-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-pollard-17-09-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-pollard-17-09-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-pollard-17-09-2001/documents"}}