8A.2 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Section 5C  Eligibility related definitions

(1)In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

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warlike service means service in the Defence Force of a kind determined in writing by the Minister for Defence to be warlike service.

Section 6F  Operational service — warlike and non-warlike service

A member of the Defence Force is taken to have been rendering operational service during any period of warlike service or non-warlike service of the member.