{"id":"F2014L01432","name":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation HIGHROAD) Determination 2014","slug":"veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-highroad-determination-2014","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438166,"registerId":"F2014L01432-fast-fetch-1775954703877","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation HIGHROAD) 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 (Warlike Service—Operation Highroad) Determination 2014\n\nI, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination.\n\nDated 22 October 2014\n\nStuart Robert\n\nAssistant Minister for Defence\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Warlike service\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Warlike Service—Operation Highroad) Determination 2014.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the definition of warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.\n\nADF means the Australian Defence Force.\n\nNATO means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.\n\n5  Warlike service\n\n  For the definition of warlike service in 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 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- Warlike service\n- Item Name of operation Nature of operation Area of operation Period\n- 1 Highroad ADF contribution to the NATO‑led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan Afghanistan and its superjacent airspace On and after 1 January 2015\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1552},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow scope of declaring a single specific military operation (Operation Highroad) as warlike service. There is no evidence of scope creep beyond the original intent to cover ADF service in Afghanistan from 1 January 2015."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 defined terms in the interpretation section","Single table with one operational entry","No conditional logic beyond basic date and geographic requirements","No internal cross-references or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\nThis law officially declares that military service in \"Operation Highroad\" counts as **warlike service** under veterans' law.\n\n**Who it affects:**\nAustralian Defence Force (ADF) members who served in Afghanistan as part of Australia's contribution to NATO's Resolute Support Mission starting from 1 January 2015.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWhen service is classified as \"warlike service,\" veterans gain access to specific benefits, compensation, and repatriation health care under the *Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986*. This determination ensures troops involved in this post-combat training and advisory mission receive the same entitlements as those involved in active combat operations.\n\n**The details:**\n- **Operation:** Highroad (supporting NATO's Resolute Support Mission)\n- **Where:** Afghanistan and the airspace above it (superjacent airspace)\n- **When:** On and after 1 January 2015"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-highroad-determination-2014","history":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-highroad-determination-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-highroad-determination-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-highroad-determination-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-highroad-determination-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/veterans-entitlements-warlike-service-operation-highroad-determination-2014/documents"}}