{"id":"F2006L02932","name":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of warlike service - Vietnam (Southern Zone) (19/07/2006)","slug":"veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-vietnam-southern-zone-19-07-2006","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":60187,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02932-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of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 - Vietnam (Southern Zone) (19/07/2006)","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\n Determination of Warlike Service\n\n \n\nI, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:\n\n \n\n1. revoke the Determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 23 December 1997 in relation to service in Vietnam (Southern Zone) during the period from 12 January 1973 and including 29 April 1975; and\n2. determine that:\n\n\n(i).          service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force during the period from 12 January 1973 and including 29 April 1975 in the specified area, is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, and\n\n(ii).       the specified area comprises Vietnam (Southern Zone).\n\nc.                       This Determination is taken to have commenced on 12 January 1973.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated      19 July    2006                                         \n\n \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":1851},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination remains strictly within the intended scope of section 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. It performs the exact function authorised by the Act—classifying specific service in a specified area as 'warlike'—without expanding into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument with only two operative provisions","No defined terms; relies entirely on definitions in the principal Act","Simple revocation and replacement structure","No conditional logic or nested exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares ADF service in southern Vietnam from 12 January 1973 to 29 April 1975 to be \"warlike service\" under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. It affects veterans who served in the final phase of the Vietnam presence— embassy protection, military assistance teams and similar roles after official combat ended—by qualifying them for warlike-service benefits (disability pensions, treatment and compensation). The determination replaces a 1997 ruling and applies retrospectively, allowing affected veterans to claim entitlements for that service period."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-vietnam-southern-zone-19-07-2006","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-vietnam-southern-zone-19-07-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-vietnam-southern-zone-19-07-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-vietnam-southern-zone-19-07-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-vietnam-southern-zone-19-07-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-act-1986-determination-of-warlike-service-vietnam-southern-zone-19-07-2006/documents"}}