{"id":"F2006B00958","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike service - OPERATION FABER (21/06/2000)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-faber-21-06-2000","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40843,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00958-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike service - OPERATION FABER (21/06/2000)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\nVeterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\nDetermination of Warlike Service\n\nOPERATION FABER\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Bruce Scott, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:\n\n \n\na. revoke my determination of 9 November 1999 in relation to OPERATION FABER, and\n\n \n\nb. determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF on OPERATION FABER during the period 16 September 1999 to 23 February 2000 in the area of operations specified below is warlike service for the purposes of subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n \n\n• The area of operations comprises East Timor and the sea area that on 16 September 1999 was the territorial sea of Indonesia adjacent to East Timor.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated 21st June          2000\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nBRUCE SCOTT\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on\n\nbehalf of the Minister for Defence\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1967},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine administrative determination that maintains the standard scope of declaring operational service as 'warlike' under the Veterans' Entitlements Act. It technically replaces an earlier determination covering the same operation without expanding or altering the underlying legislative scheme."},"complexity_factors":["Single-page instrument with minimal operative text","No definitions section or complex cross-referencing beyond one subsection","Simple date range with explicit start and end points","Straightforward geographic description (single country plus adjacent waters)","Standard administrative format (revocation and replacement of prior instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"This decision declares Australian Defence Force service in East Timor during Operation Faber (16 Sept 1999–23 Feb 2000, including adjacent Indonesian territorial waters as at 16 Sept 1999) to be \"warlike service.\"  \n\nThat reclassification lets eligible ADF members access the more generous veterans' entitlements under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986—affecting disability pensions, presumptive medical coverage and related compensation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-faber-21-06-2000","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-faber-21-06-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-faber-21-06-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-faber-21-06-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-faber-21-06-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-faber-21-06-2000/documents"}}