{"id":"F2010L00178","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION SLIPPER (16/12/2009)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-slipper-16-12-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":122981,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L00178-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 SLIPPER (16/12/2009)","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 SLIPPER\n\n \n\nI, Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, for the Minister for Defence determine that service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for service on Operation SLIPPER on and from 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 \n\n- The specified area is bounded by the following coordinates:\n\n\n \n\n3900N  7800E\n\n3900N  3200E\n\n0500S  3200E\n\n0500S  7800E\n\n \n\nDated   16   December      2009\n\n \n\n \n\n      Signed Greg Combet\n\n \n\n \n\n        GREG COMBET\n\n                                                        Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science\n\n                                                                              for the Minister for Defence\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1915},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function described in its title and authorising provision: it declares a specific military operation as 'warlike service' for a defined period and area. There is no expansion beyond the specific operational context of Operation SLIPPER."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with straightforward declarative language","No conditional clauses, exceptions, or nested definitions","Only one external reference (subsection 5C(1) of the Act)","Geographic scope defined by simple coordinate boundaries without additional qualifying conditions","No subordinate legislative instruments or regulations incorporated"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares that Australian Defence Force members allotted to Operation SLIPPER from 31 July 2009 onward performed \"warlike service.\" That classification triggers the highest tier of entitlements under the Veterans' Entitlements Act, affecting access to compensation, disability pensions and medical benefits and easing claims for service-related injury or illness.\n\nIt applies to ADF personnel who served within the specified geographic box covering Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, the Middle East and surrounding waters."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-slipper-16-12-2009","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-slipper-16-12-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-slipper-16-12-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-slipper-16-12-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-slipper-16-12-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-slipper-16-12-2009/documents"}}