{"id":"F2006B00578","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION WARDEN (21/06/2000)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-warden-21-06-2000","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40726,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00578-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 WARDEN (21/06/2000)","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\nOPERATION WARDEN\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Bruce Scott, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:\n\n \n\na. revoke my determination of 20 September 1999 in relation to OPERATION WARDEN, and\n\n \n\nb.                   determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF on OPERATION\n\nWARDEN during the period 16 September 1999 to 10 April 2000 in the area\n\nof operations specified below is warlike service for the proposes of subsection\n\n5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n \n\n• The area of operations comprises East Timor and the sea area that on\n\n16 September 1999 was the territorial sea of Indonesia adjacent to East\n\nTimor.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated  21st June        2000\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nBRUCE SCOTT\n\nMinister for Veterans' Affairs for and on\n\nbehalf of the Minister for Defence\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1660},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function intended by section 5C(1) of the VEA: classifying a specific operation as warlike service. It replaces a previous determination but does not expand the scope or purpose of the original legislative scheme."},"complexity_factors":["Single page document with no subsections or Parts","Only one legislative cross-reference (to subsection 5C(1))","No defined terms section","Simple binary operation (revoke old determination, make new determination)","Clear date range and geographic boundaries with no conditional exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination declares Australian Defence Force service on Operation Warden (East Timor) from 16 September 1999 to 10 April 2000 in East Timor and adjacent Indonesian territorial waters to be \"warlike service.\" It revokes the earlier September 1999 determination. \n\nThat classification affects ADF personnel who served in that period by confirming entitlement to the more generous compensation, disability pensions and health care available for warlike service."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-warden-21-06-2000","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-warden-21-06-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-warden-21-06-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-warden-21-06-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-warden-21-06-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-operation-warden-21-06-2000/documents"}}