{"id":"F2005L03896","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - North East Thailand (including Ubon) (28/11/2005)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-north-east-thailand-including-ubon-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":39667,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L03896-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986","sectionType":"part","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986","content":"# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of Warlike Service\n\nI, De-Anne Kelly, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\n\n1.  revoke the Determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 4 January 2001 in relation to defence service in North East Thailand (including Ubon) during the period from and including 25 June 1965 to and including 31 August 1968; and\n2.  determine that:\n\n(i). the area of operations comprises North East Thailand (including Ubon); and\n\n(ii). service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force while part of a unit specified in the Schedule below, during the period from and including 25 June 1965 to and including 31 August 1968 in the area of operations, is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act.\n\nc. This Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 January 2001.\n\nDated 28th November 2005\n\nDE-ANNE KELLY\n\nMinister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\nfor the Minister for Defence","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule","sectionType":"division","heading":"Schedule","content":"###   \nSchedule\n\nDetachment, 2 Field Troop, Royal Australian Engineers serving on OPERATION CROWN or OPERATION POST CROWN\n\nDetachment, 16 Commonwealth Field Ambulance serving on OPERATION CROWN\n\nDetachment, 208 Signal Squadron serving on OPERATION CROWN\n\nNo. 79 Squadron, RAAF\n\nDetachment, No 5 Airfield Construction Squadron, RAAF\n\nBase Squadron Ubon, RAAF","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1804},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination performs precisely the function authorized by section 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: declaring specific historical service as 'warlike'. The revocation and replacement of the 2001 instrument represents a technical update rather than an expansion of scope beyond the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Short, discrete schedule listing only 6 specific units/detachments","Fixed, unambiguous date range (25 June 1965 to 31 August 1968)","Clear geographic boundary (North East Thailand including Ubon)","Single operation (revocation and replacement) with minimal cross-referencing to parent Act","Binary eligibility test (specific unit + specific time + specific place)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares Australian Defence Force service in North East Thailand (including Ubon) from 25 June 1965 to 31 August 1968 to be \"warlike service\" for Veterans' Entitlements Act purposes. It covers personnel who served at Ubon and associated detachments (including No. 79 Squadron and Base Squadron Ubon) and restores eligibility for higher warlike rates of disability pension and compensation. The determination replaces a 2001 instrument and operates retrospectively from 1 January 2001."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-north-east-thailand-including-ubon-2","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-north-east-thailand-including-ubon-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-north-east-thailand-including-ubon-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-north-east-thailand-including-ubon-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-north-east-thailand-including-ubon-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-north-east-thailand-including-ubon-2/documents"}}