{"id":"F2014L00148","name":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation ARIKI) Determination 2014","slug":"veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-ariki-determination-2014","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":437968,"registerId":"F2014L00148-fast-fetch-1775954592802","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation ARIKI) 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 \n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nVeterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation ARIKI) Determination 2014\n\nI, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nDated: 11 February 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 Warlike service\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name of determination\n\n  This determination is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation ARIKI) Determination 2014.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This determination is taken to have commenced on 1 December 2001.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This determination is made under 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\n5  Warlike service\n\n  For subsection 5C(1) of the Act, service in an operation mentioned in an item of the following table is warlike service for the purposes of the Act if:\n\n (a) the service is in an area of operation mentioned in the item; and\n\n (b) the service is during a period mentioned in the item.\n\n \n\n- Warlike service\n- Item Name of operation Nature of operation Area of operation Period\n- 1 ARIKI New Zealand contribution to Operation ENDURING FREEDOM—Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace 1 December 2001—\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":859},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: classifying a specific military operation (Operation ARIKI) as warlike service. It has not expanded beyond this single declaratory function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short sections","Single definition ('Act')","Simple two-condition test in section 5 (service in specific area during specific period)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No exceptions or conditional exemptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination classifies **Operation ARIKI** as **\"warlike service\"** under veterans' law.\n\n**What it does**\n- Declares that Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel who served in Operation ARIKI are considered to have performed \"warlike service\"\n- Operation ARIKI was New Zealand's contribution to the War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom and the International Security Assistance Force)\n\n**Who it affects**\n- ADF members who served in Afghanistan (and its airspace) as part of this operation from **1 December 2001 onwards**\n\n**Why it matters**\n- \"Warlike service\" is a specific legal category under the *Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986* that affects access to:\n  - Disability pensions\n  - Compensation benefits\n  - Other veterans' entitlements\n- The determination is backdated to 1 December 2001, meaning eligible personnel can claim benefits for service dating back over a decade before the instrument was made"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-ariki-determination-2014","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-ariki-determination-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-ariki-determination-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-ariki-determination-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-ariki-determination-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-ariki-determination-2014/documents"}}