{"id":"F2010L00699","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION CATALYST (12/02/2010)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-12-02-2010","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":123865,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L00699-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION CATALYST (12/02/2010)","content":"![](image.001.png)  \nVeterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of Warlike Service\n\nOPERATION CATALYST\n\nI, Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science for the Minister for Defence:\n\n1.  revoke the determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 16 July 2003 in relation to Operation CATALYST; and\n2.  determine that service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for service on Operation CATALYST during the period 16 July 2003 to 31 July 2009 in the Specified Area defined below is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act.\n\n-   The Specified Area comprises the total land areas, territorial waters, internal waterways and superjacent airspace boundaries of Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia north of 23 degrees North latitude, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nDated 12 February, 2010\n\nGREG COMBET\n\nMinister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science\n\nfor the Minister for Defence","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2192},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination exercises the standard ministerial power under section 5C of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 to declare service as 'warlike service'. While it revokes and replaces an earlier 2003 instrument, it remains squarely within the intended scope of such determinations—establishing operational parameters for a specific military operation without expanding into unrelated policy areas or creating novel legal categories."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with straightforward temporal boundaries (fixed start and end dates)","Geographic scope uses technical descriptors (superjacent airspace, specific latitude coordinate) but is clearly enumerated","Minimal cross-referencing (only references subsection 5C(1) of the principal Act)","No defined terms, interpretation sections, or conditional exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination declares ADF service on Operation Catalyst from 16 July 2003 to 31 July 2009 to be \"warlike service\" under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. It covers service in and above Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, parts of Saudi Arabia (north of 23°N), the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz (including territorial waters and airspace). The declaration affects current and former ADF members’ eligibility for warlike-service benefits and replaces the 2003 determination without changing its effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-12-02-2010","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-12-02-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-12-02-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-12-02-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-12-02-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-catalyst-12-02-2010/documents"}}