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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Hazardous Service - Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Northern Arabian Sea (19/07/2006)

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This instrument designates service by Australian Defence Force members in specified international waters of the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Northern Arabian Sea (bounded by 61°50′E and 20°N) on or after 1 April 1996 as “hazardous service” under paragraph 120(7) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986. It revokes an earlier 23 February 1996 determination and is taken to have commenced on 1 April 1996. Mechanically, the Minister’s decision changes which service is treated as hazardous, shifting administrative entitlement assessments and affecting past and future claims under the Act.

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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Hazardous Service

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

revoke the Determination made under paragraph 120(7)(b) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 23 February 1996 in relation to service in those international waters, contiguous ports and waters used for international navigation contained with the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea with an eastern extremity of 61 degrees, 50 minutes East and a southern extremity of 20 degrees North; and
determine that:

(i). service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force on or after 1 April 1996 in the specified area, is hazardous service for the purposes of the definition of “hazardous service” in paragraph 120(7) of the Act, and

(ii). the specified area comprises those international waters, contiguous ports and waters used for international navigation contained with the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea with an eastern extremity of 61 degrees, 50 minutes East and a southern extremity of 20 degrees North.

c. This Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 April 1996.

Dated 19 July 2006

BRUCE BILLSON

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

for the Minister for Defence

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