{"id":"F2014L01230","name":"Veterans' Entitlements (Non-warlike Service—Operation Hawick) Determination 2014","slug":"veterans-entitlements-non-warlike-service-operation-hawick-determination-2014","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438139,"registerId":"F2014L01230-fast-fetch-1775954688735","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans' Entitlements (Non-warlike Service—Operation Hawick) Determination 2014","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nVeterans’ Entitlements (Non‑warlike Service—Operation Hawick) Determination 2014\n\nI, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination.\n\nDated 11 September 2014\n\nStuart Robert\n\nAssistant Minister for Defence\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name of determination\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Non‑warlike service\n\n \n\n1  Name of determination\n\n  This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service—Operation Hawick) Determination 2014.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This determination commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This determination is made under the definition of non‑warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this determination:\n\nAct means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nADF means the Australian Defence Force.\n\n5  Non‑warlike service\n\n  For the definition of non‑warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, service in an operation mentioned in an item of the following table is non‑warlike service for the purposes of the Act if the service:\n\n (a) is in an area of operation mentioned in the item; and\n\n (b) occurs during a period mentioned in the item.\n\n \n\n- Non‑warlike service\n- Item Name of operation Nature of operation Area of operation Period\n- 1 Hawick ADF contribution to the whole of government response to the MH17 air disaster in Ukraine Ukraine and its superjacent airspace On and after 21 July 2014\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1299},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination precisely targets the ADF response to the MH17 disaster as authorized under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, with no expansion beyond the original statutory purpose of declaring specific operations as non-warlike service."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections total","Just 2 defined terms in section 4 ('Act' and 'ADF')","Single operation specified with clear, unambiguous parameters","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Minimal cross-referencing (only refers to the enabling Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination declares ADF members who served in Operation Hawick — the whole-of-government response to the MH17 air disaster — in Ukraine (including superjacent airspace) on or after 21 July 2014 to have performed non‑warlike service. That classification under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 makes those veterans and their families eligible for non‑warlike service benefits (e.g. disability pensions, treatment and rehabilitation) rather than peacetime‑only entitlements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-non-warlike-service-operation-hawick-determination-2014","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-non-warlike-service-operation-hawick-determination-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-non-warlike-service-operation-hawick-determination-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-non-warlike-service-operation-hawick-determination-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-non-warlike-service-operation-hawick-determination-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-non-warlike-service-operation-hawick-determination-2014/documents"}}