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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION KRUGER (11/02/2009)

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What this does: This determination declares that Australian Defence Force (ADF) members who served on Operation Kruger—providing security to the Australian Embassy in Iraq—were engaged in "warlike service" from 1 January 2009 onwards.

Why it matters: Under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, whether service is classified as "warlike" or "non-warlike" affects:

Eligibility for disability pensions (compensation for injuries or illness)
Access to certain veteran healthcare benefits
Other entitlements for veterans and their families

Who is covered:

ADF members assigned to the Australian Defence Force contribution to embassy security in Iraq
Only service on or after 1 January 2009 qualifies
The specified area is Iraq

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Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike Service

OPERATION KRUGER

I, Warren Snowdon, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel for the Minister for Defence:

determine that:

(i). service rendered as a member of the Defence Force assigned for service with the Australian Defence Force contribution to the provision of security to the Australian Embassy in Iraq on Operation KRUGER on and from 1 January 2009 in the specified area is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

(ii). the specified area comprises Iraq, and

b. this Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 January 2009.

Dated Wednesday eleventh of February 2009

Signed by Warren Snowdon

WARREN SNOWDON

Minister for Defence Science and Personnel

for the Minister for Defence

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