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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION CATALYST (12/02/2010)

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This ministerial determination declares ADF service on Operation Catalyst from 16 July 2003 to 31 July 2009 to be "warlike service" under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. It covers service in and above Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, parts of Saudi Arabia (north of 23°N), the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz (including territorial waters and airspace). The declaration affects current and former ADF members’ eligibility for warlike-service benefits and replaces the 2003 determination without changing its effect.

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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike Service

OPERATION CATALYST

I, Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science for the Minister for Defence:

revoke the determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 16 July 2003 in relation to Operation CATALYST; and
determine that service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for service on Operation CATALYST during the period 16 July 2003 to 31 July 2009 in the Specified Area defined below is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act.

The Specified Area comprises the total land areas, territorial waters, internal waterways and superjacent airspace boundaries of Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia north of 23 degrees North latitude, the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

Dated 12 February, 2010

GREG COMBET

Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science

for the Minister for Defence

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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986