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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 - Determination of Warlike Service - OPERATION SLIPPER (07/12/2001)

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This Determination declares that ADF members allotted to Operation Slipper from 11 October 2001 are performing "warlike service" when deployed to a specified operational box (roughly 12°N–48°N, 35°E–81°E) or Diego Garcia (island, waters, airspace to 250 nm). It makes affected personnel eligible for the higher compensation and entitlements tied to warlike service.

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Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike Service
(OPERATION SLIPPER)

I, Danna Vale, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence, determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF allotted for service on or after

11 October 2001 with OPERATION SLIPPER in the Specified Areas defined below is warlike

service for the purposes of subsection 5C (1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Specified Area number one is bounded by the following geographical coordinates:

48 OON 81 OOE

48 OON 35 OOE

12 OON 35 OOE

12 OON 81 OOE

Specified Area number two includes the Diego Garcia land mass and territorial waters,

plus airspace of Diego Garcia out to 250nm radius (from Reference Point 07 18.6S 072

24.6E).

Dated Seventh December 2001

DANNA VALE

Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on

behalf of the Minister for Defence

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