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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Non-warlike Service - Cambodia (19/07/2006)

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This instrument declares Australian Defence Force service in Operation VISTA in Cambodia (5–14 July 1997) to be "non‑warlike" service, determining eligibility for veterans’ non‑warlike benefits and compensation. It revokes the earlier 1997 determination, is retrospective to 5 July 1997, and applies across the entire territory of Cambodia—affecting current and former ADF personnel who served on that operation.

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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Non-warlike Service

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

revoke the Determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 23 December 1997 in relation to service in Cambodia during the period 5 July 1997 to 14 July 1997; and
determine that:

(i). service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of Operation VISTA during the period 5 July 1997 to 14 July 1997 in the specified area, is non-warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “non-warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, and

(ii). the specified area comprises Cambodia.

c. This Determination is taken to have commenced on 5 July 1997.

Dated 19 July 2006

BRUCE BILLSON

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

for the Minister for Defence

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