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Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance)

Act 1990

Declaration of Warlike Service

OPERATION TAMAR

I, Bruce Billson, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:

1. declare that:

(i) the area of operations for Operation TAMAR comprises Rwanda and the areas in Uganda, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Burundi and Tanzania that are not more than 50 kilometres from the border with Rwanda; and

(ii) service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for duty on Operation TAMAR during the period 25 July 1994 to 16 January 1996 in the area of operations is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in section 3C of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.

b. this Declaration commences on the day after it is registered.

Dated 26th March 2006

BRUCE BILLSON

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

for the Minister for Defence