{"id":"F2006B00960","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION FALCONER (16/09/2003)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-falconer-16-09-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40846,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00960-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 FALCONER (16/09/2003)","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![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\nVeterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\nDetermination of Warlike Service\n\n(OPERATION FALCONER)\n\n \n\nI, Danna Vale, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:\n\n \n\na. revoke my determination of 19 March 2003 in relation to Operation FALCONER, and\n\n \n\nb.  determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF allotted for service during the period 18 March 2003 to 22 July 2003 with Operation FALCONER in the Specified Area below is warlike service for the purposes of subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\n- The Specified Area is bounded by the following geographical coordinates:\n\n\n \n\n- 38 00N   68 00E\n\n\n- 38 00N   32 00E\n\n\n- 10 00N   32 00E\n\n\n- 10 00N  68 00E\n\n\n \n\nDated   Sixteenth day of September     2003\n\n \n\nDANNA VALE\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on\n\nbehalf of the Minister for Defence\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2106},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard administrative determination exercising existing powers under section 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. It applies the Act's framework to a specific military operation without expanding the Act's substantive scope or creating new legal categories."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with single operative provision","Only one cross-reference (to subsection 5C(1) of the parent Act)","Clear date range and geographic coordinates with no exceptions","No defined terms or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination declares that Australian Defence Force (ADF) members who served in **Operation Falconer** (Australia's military contribution to the 2003 Iraq War) are eligible for \"warlike service\" benefits under veterans' law.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- ADF members officially assigned (\"allotted\") to Operation Falconer\n- Service must have occurred between **18 March 2003 and 22 July 2003**\n- Must have served within a specific geographic box bounded by coordinates (roughly covering Iraq, the Persian Gulf, and surrounding regions between latitudes 10°N–38°N and longitudes 32°E–68°E)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nUnder the *Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986*, being classified as **warlike service** (rather than peacetime or \"non-warlike\" service) determines eligibility for disability compensation rates and other benefits. Warlike service typically attracts higher compensation and more favourable eligibility rules.\n\n**Note:** This instrument revokes (replaces) an earlier determination from 19 March 2003, likely to adjust the end date or boundaries as the operation progressed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-falconer-16-09-2003","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-falconer-16-09-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-falconer-16-09-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-falconer-16-09-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-falconer-16-09-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-falconer-16-09-2003/documents"}}