{"id":"F2007L00986","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION HUSKY (22/03/2007)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-husky-22-03-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":64885,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L00986-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION HUSKY (22/03/2007)","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 \n\n# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\nDetermination of Warlike Service\n\nOPERATION HUSKY\n\n \n\n \n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\n\n \n\n1. revoke the non-warlike determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 10 October 2005 in relation to Operation HUSKY, and\n2. determine that:\n\n\n(i).            the area of operations comprises Sierra Leone; and\n\n(ii).           service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service with the International Military Advisory and Training Team in Sierra Leone on Operation HUSKY during the period 15 January 2001 to 28 February 2003 in the area of operations is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in sub section 5C(1) of the Act.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated      22 March     2007\n\n \n\n        BRUCE BILLSON\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n                 BRUCE BILLSON         \n\n             Minister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\n              for the Minister for Defence\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2117},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains its original narrow and specific scope, applying exclusively to Operation HUSKY in Sierra Leone for the defined two-year period. It does not expand beyond its intended purpose of reclassifying this specific operation from non-warlike to warlike service."},"complexity_factors":["Single, fixed operational period with explicit start and end dates (15 January 2001 to 28 February 2003)","Limited to one specific geographic area (Sierra Leone)","Revocation confined to one prior determination only","No nested conditions, exceptions, or conditional logic","Minimal legislative cross-referencing (references only section 5C(1) of the principal Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument reclassifies service by Australian Defence Force members of the International Military Advisory and Training Team in Sierra Leone (Operation HUSKY, 15 Jan 2001–28 Feb 2003) from \"non‑warlike\" to \"warlike,\" revoking the 2005 determination.\n\nThat change shifts affected personnel into the warlike-service compensation framework under veterans’ law, making them eligible for benefits and recognition (including entitlements under the Veterans' Entitlements Act) aligned with higher‑risk deployments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-husky-22-03-2007","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-husky-22-03-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-husky-22-03-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-husky-22-03-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-husky-22-03-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-husky-22-03-2007/documents"}}