{"id":"F2007L04371","name":"Warlike service - OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT Declaration 2007","slug":"warlike-service-operation-provide-comfort-declaration-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":70692,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04371-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Warlike service - OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT Declaration 2007","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\nWarlike service – OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT Declaration 2007\n\nDefence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990\n\nI, BRUCE BILLSON, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, make this Declaration under subsection 3C (1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.\n\nDated                    15 October  2007\n\nSigned Bruce Billson\n\nMinister for Veterans’ Affairs\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\n  This Declaration is the Warlike service – OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT Declaration 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  This Declaration commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Warlike service – OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT\n\n  For subsection 3C (1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, duty is warlike service if it is rendered:\n\n (a) in an area of operations that comprises Iraq; and\n\n (b) as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for duty on OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT; and\n\n (c) during the period 11 August 1991 to 15 December 1996.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1420},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration operates entirely within the standard scope of section 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, which specifically authorises the Minister to declare particular ADF duty as warlike service for the purposes of the home loans assistance scheme."},"complexity_factors":["Only three short operative provisions","No defined terms or interpretation sections","Simple conjunctive test requiring only location, operation name, and date range to be met","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional provisions","Single cross-reference to the empowering provision (s 3C(1))"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration gives certain Australian Defence Force (ADF) members access to **home loan assistance** benefits.\n\nSpecifically, it declares that service on **Operation Provide Comfort** in **Iraq** between **11 August 1991 and 15 December 1996** counts as **'warlike service'** under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.\n\n**Who this affects:**\n- ADF members who were allotted (officially assigned) to Operation Provide Comfort during that five-year period.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Only service classified as 'warlike' qualifies for the home loan subsidy scheme under this Act. By making this declaration, the Minister entitles veterans from this 1991–1996 humanitarian and security operation to government assistance with home loans."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-provide-comfort-declaration-2007","history":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-provide-comfort-declaration-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-provide-comfort-declaration-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-provide-comfort-declaration-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-provide-comfort-declaration-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-provide-comfort-declaration-2007/documents"}}