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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

 

Determination of Non-warlike Service

OPERATION SPIRE

 

 

I, De-Anne Kelly, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, for the Minister for Defence:

 

1. revoke the determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 3 August 2004 in relation to Operation SPIRE; and
2. determine that:

(i)                     service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force assigned for service on Operation SPIRE on or after 20 May 2004 in the area of operations specified in subparagraph (ii) is non-warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “non-warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act; and

(ii)                   the area of operations comprises East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor.

 

 

 

 

Dated    8 th December      2005

 

 

 

 

 

       DE-ANNE KELLY

    Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

      for the Minister for Defence