{"id":"F2009L02434","name":"Warlike service - OPERATION RIVERBANK Declaration 2009","slug":"warlike-service-operation-riverbank-declaration-2009","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":79344,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L02434-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Warlike service - OPERATION RIVERBANK Declaration 2009","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 RIVERBANK Declaration 2009\n\nDefence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990\n\nI, WARREN SNOWDON, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel for the Minister for Defence, make this Declaration under subsection 3C (1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.\n\nDated        Second of June   2009\n\nSigned by Warren Snowdon\n\nMinister for Defence Science and Personnel\n\nFor the Minister for Defence\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Warlike service – OPERATION RIVERBANK Declaration 2009.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Declaration is taken to have commenced on 21 July 2008.\n\n3 Warlike service – OPERATION RIVERBANK\n\nFor 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 RIVERBANK.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1849},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration maintains a narrow, specific scope consistent with its purpose under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990. It declares a single named military operation as warlike service without expanding beyond the original intent of the legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections with no subsections","Two simple eligibility criteria: location (Iraq) and operation assignment (OPERATION RIVERBANK)","No defined terms, schedules, or interpretation provisions","Single cross-reference to the enabling Act (section 3C(1))","No exceptions, conditions, or nested logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration gives Australian Defence Force members who served on **Operation Riverbank** in Iraq access to special home loan benefits. Under the *Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990*, service classified as **warlike service** makes members eligible for concessional home loans and housing assistance (similar to benefits for veterans). This instrument declares that anyone who served in Iraq as part of Operation Riverbank is deemed to have performed warlike service. The declaration applies retrospectively from **21 July 2008**, meaning it covers members who were already deployed when the declaration was signed in June 2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-riverbank-declaration-2009","history":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-riverbank-declaration-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-riverbank-declaration-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-riverbank-declaration-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-riverbank-declaration-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/warlike-service-operation-riverbank-declaration-2009/documents"}}