Veterans’ Entitlements (Non‑warlike Service—Operation Okra) Determination 2014
I, Stuart Robert, Assistant Minister for Defence, make the following determination.
Dated 21 October 2014
Stuart Robert
Assistant Minister for Defence
Contents
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3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1
5............ Non‑warlike service...................................................................................................... 1
1 Name of instrument
This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service—Operation Okra) Determination 2014.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the definition of non‑warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
ADF means the Australian Defence Force.
5 Non‑warlike service
For the definition of non‑warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Act, service in an operation mentioned in an item of the following table is non‑warlike service for the purposes of the Act if the service:
(a) is in an area of operation mentioned in the item; and
(b) occurs during a period mentioned in the item.
Non‑warlike service
Item
Name of operation
Nature of operation
Area of operation
Period
1
Okra
ADF contribution to the Iraq crisis
The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and the waters and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf
1 July 2014– 8 August 2014
2
Okra
ADF contribution to the Iraq crisis
The land area, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Albania, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Jordan, Kuwait, Montenegro, Poland, Qatar, Romania and the United Arab Emirates, and the waters and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf
On and after 9 August 2014
