{"id":"F2007L04870","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - OPERATION QUICKSTEP","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-quickstep","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":71681,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04870-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 QUICKSTEP","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 QUICKSTEP\n\n \n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs:\n\n1. determine that:\n\n\n(i).            the specified area comprises Fiji and its land, internal waters, archipelagic waters, territorial sea and superjacent airspace and the exclusive economic zone of Fiji; and\n\n(ii).           service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service with the Australian Defence Force mission in Fiji on Operation QUICKSTEP during the period 31 October 2006 to 22 December 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 Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nb.                      this Determination is taken to have commenced on 11 September 2007.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated   22   November           2007\n\n \n\n \n\n       Signed Bruce Billson\n\n \n\n \n\n                 BRUCE BILLSON         \n\n             Minister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\n             \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1401},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains precisely targeted at its original purpose: declaring service during Operation Quickstep (the 2006 Fiji deployment) as non-warlike service. There is no expansion beyond the specific operation, dates, or geographic area originally intended."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause with no subordinate provisions or exceptions","Only two substantive items: geographic boundary definition and service period declaration","No defined terms beyond the statutory reference to 'non-warlike service' in the parent Act","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling section (subsection 5C(1))","Straightforward temporal and spatial boundaries with no conditional triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"This document officially declares that Australian Defence Force (ADF) members who served in Fiji during **Operation Quickstep** performed what the law calls **\"non-warlike service\"**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- ADF personnel deployed to Fiji between **31 October 2006 and 22 December 2006**.\n\n**Where:**\n- Fiji and its surrounding waters and airspace, including the land, internal waters, territorial sea, archipelagic waters, and exclusive economic zone.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nUnder the *Veterans' Entitlements Act*, military service is classified as either \"warlike\" or \"non-warlike.\" This determination ensures that veterans who served during this specific operation can access the particular benefits and entitlements attached to the non-warlike category (which are different from those for warlike service).\n\n**Timing note:**\nAlthough signed on 22 November 2007, this determination applies retrospectively from **11 September 2007**.\n\nIn short, this is an administrative instrument that connects a specific six-week deployment to Fiji with the veterans' compensation and benefits framework."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-quickstep","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-quickstep/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-quickstep/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-quickstep/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-quickstep/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-non-warlike-service-operation-quickstep/documents"}}