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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Hazardous Service - Mozambique (19/07/2006)

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Mechanically, this Determination revokes a 1994 Determination and re-declares that service by Australian Defence Force members as part of United Nations humanitarian operations in Mozambique on or after 12 July 1994 is “hazardous service” under paragraph 120(7) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, with effect from 12 July 1994. Made by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs for the Minister for Defence, the change alters which veterans’ service counts as hazardous for the Act’s purposes and therefore affects eligibility for benefits and related administrative claims.

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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 1 August 1994 in relation to service in Mozambique as part of the United Nations humanitarian operations on or after 12 July 1994; and
determine that:

(i). service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of the United Nations humanitarian operations on or after 12 July 1994 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 Mozambique.

c. This Determination is taken to have commenced on 12 July 1994.

Dated 19 July 2006

BRUCE BILLSON

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

for the Minister for Defence

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