{"id":"F2005L04107","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION PALATE II (08/12/2005)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-palate-ii-08-12-2005","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40062,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L04107-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 PALATE II (08/12/2005)","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# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\n \n\nDetermination of Warlike Service\n\nOPERATION PALATE II\n\n \n\n \n\nI, De-Anne Kelly, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence determine that:\n\na. service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service on Operation PALATE II on or after 27 June 2005 in the area of operations specified in paragraph b. is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986; and\n\nb. the area of operations comprises Afghanistan, including Afghanistan’s land territory, internal waters and superjacent airspace.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated   8th December      2005\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n       DE-ANNE KELLY\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":1235},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains a narrow, specific scope limited to declaring service on a particular named military operation as warlike. It does not expand beyond its intended purpose of qualifying specific Afghanistan deployments for enhanced veterans' benefits."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 short operative paragraphs with declaratory language","Single, clear date trigger (27 June 2005) with no exceptions or conditional logic","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the definition section of the parent Act)","No defined terms or technical machinery within the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination declares that Australian Defence Force members who served on **Operation PALATE II** in Afghanistan were performing **warlike service**.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Service in Afghanistan (including the land, internal waters, and airspace) under this operation is officially classified as 'warlike service' under the *Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986*\n- This classification matters for compensation — 'warlike service' typically qualifies veterans for higher disability pension rates and different benefits compared to peacetime service\n- The determination covers service from **27 June 2005** onwards, even though it was signed in December 2005\n\n**Who is affected:**\nADF members deployed to Afghanistan on Operation PALATE II on or after 27 June 2005, and their families (for survivor benefits)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-palate-ii-08-12-2005","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-palate-ii-08-12-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-palate-ii-08-12-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-palate-ii-08-12-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-palate-ii-08-12-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-palate-ii-08-12-2005/documents"}}