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Procedure
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.