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Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014

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This declaration classifies service on Operation Okra in Iraq as "warlike service" under the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, making affected ADF members eligible for the Act’s enhanced home loan subsidies.

It covers ADF personnel officially allotted to Operation Okra who served in Iraq (land, territorial waters or airspace) on or after 9 August 2014; the declaration was made on 21 October 2014, applying retrospectively.

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Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014

I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following declaration.

Dated 21 October 2014

Stuart Robert

Assistant Minister for Defence

Contents

1 Name of instrument

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Warlike service

1 Name of instrument

This instrument is the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.

4 Warlike service

For subsection 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, duty is warlike service for the purposes of that Act if it is performed:

(a) in the area bounded by the land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq; and

(b) as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for duty on Operation Okra; and

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Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014

I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following declaration.

Dated 21 October 2014

Stuart Robert

Assistant Minister for Defence

Contents

1 Name of instrument

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Warlike service

1 Name of instrument

This instrument is the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) (Warlike Service—Operation Okra) Declaration 2014.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.

4 Warlike service

For subsection 3C(1) of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990, duty is warlike service for the purposes of that Act if it is performed:

(a) in the area bounded by the land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Iraq; and

(b) as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for duty on Operation Okra; and

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