{"id":"F2006L01121","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of warlike service - OPERATION TAMAR (26/03/2006)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-tamar-26-03-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":58485,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L01121-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986","sectionType":"part","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986","content":"# Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986\n\nDetermination of Warlike Service\n\nOPERATION TAMAR\n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\n\n1.  revoke the determination made under paragraph 120(7) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 5 August 1994 in relation to service as part of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda as hazardous service; and\n2.  determine that:\n\n(i) service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service on Operation TAMAR during the period 25 July 1994 to 16 January 1996 in the area of operations specified in subparagraph (ii) is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act; and\n\n(ii) the area of operations comprises Rwanda and the areas in Uganda, Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Burundi and Tanzania that are not more than 50 kilometres from the border with Rwanda.\n\nc. this Determination is taken to have commenced on\n\n13 February 2006.\n\nDated 26th March 2006\n\nBRUCE BILLSON\n\nMinister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\nfor the Minister for Defence","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":3882},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Expands the geographic scope compared to the 1994 determination it replaces by explicitly defining the operational area to include 50-kilometre buffer zones in four neighbouring countries (Uganda, DRC, Burundi, Tanzania), and upgrades the service classification from hazardous to warlike, thereby broadening the entitlements available to covered personnel."},"complexity_factors":["References to specific sections of the principal Act (subsection 5C(1) and paragraph 120(7))","Retrospective commencement date (13 February 2006)","Geographic boundary definitions requiring measurement from international borders (50 kilometre buffer zones)","Revocation and replacement mechanism for existing legislative instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination upgrades Australian Defence Force service during the Rwandan peacekeeping mission (Operation TAMAR) from hazardous to warlike, recognising the extreme danger personnel faced and making them eligible for higher disability and pension entitlements. It applies to deployments between 25 July 1994 and 16 January 1996, including areas within 50 km of Rwanda’s borders, and takes effect retrospectively from 13 February 2006 so veterans can claim enhanced benefits."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-tamar-26-03-2006","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-tamar-26-03-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-tamar-26-03-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-tamar-26-03-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-tamar-26-03-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-tamar-26-03-2006/documents"}}