Hazardous service involves activities exposing individuals or units to a degree of hazard above and beyond that of normal peacetime duty; it could include mine avoidance and clearance, weapons inspections and destruction, Defence Force aid to civil power, Service protected or assisted evacuations and other operations requiring the application of minimum force to effect the protection of personnel or property.
'Hazardous service' is defined and applied in the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986:
68(1) ...hazardous service has the same meaning as in Subsection 120(7).
[Part IV – Pensions for Members of Defence Force or Peacekeeping Force and their Dependants]
69A(1) This Part applies to a person who has rendered or is rendering hazardous service as a member of the Defence Force
69A(2) This Part so applies whether the hazardous service is rendered before or after the terminating date.
120(7) In this section:
(b) a reference to hazardous service shall be read as a reference to service in the Defence Force of a kind determined by the Minister for Defence, by instrument in writing, to be hazardous service for the purposes of this section.
Essentially, 'hazardous service' is service which the Minister for Defence has declared, in writing, to be hazardous. Refer to Declarations of hazardous service under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 for a complete list of declared hazardous service.
** This page is out of date and may contain revoked determinations and incorrect information. See Chapter 1.2.2 Service requirements for the disability pension in the Compensation and Support Policy Library for more. **
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Iran/Iraq – service in the waters of Gulf of Iran and the Gulf of Oman west of line joining Rass-El-Hadd and the southern end of the Iran Pakistan border, and the countries littoral to those waters, to a maximum distance inland of 50 km from the high water mark. | 25 September 1992 | Between: |
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Gulf War – transit from last port of call in Australia to Operational Area | 17 May 1991 | From and including: |
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Gulf War – transit from last port of deployment to Operational Area | 17 May 1991 | From and including: |
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Gulf War in Iraq and Turkey – service with Allied Forces providing humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees in Iraq and in the area of Turkey south of latitude 38º north | 22 October 1991 | Service commencing on the day of arrival in the area specified, and ending on the day of departure from the specified area. |
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Gulf War – service in former operational area after cessation of period of operational service. | 22 October 1991 | After 8 June 1991 |
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Iraq – service with UN Special Commission for the destruction of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, whilst in Iraq. | 22 October 1991 | Service commencing on the day of arrival and ending on the day of departure. |
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Afghanistan – service with the United Nations Office for Coordinating Assistance to Afghanistan (UNOCA) or the United Nations Mine Clearance Training Team (UNMCTT) in Afghanistan. | 25 September 1992 | From 8 June 1991 |
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Cambodia – service in the area comprising Cambodia and the areas in Laos and Thailand that are not more than 50 kilometres from the border with Cambodia. | 9 November 1993 | On or after: |
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Mozambique – service as part of United Nations humanitarian operations while in the in area comprising Mozambique | 1 August 1994 | On or after: |
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Rwanda – service as part of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) while in the area comprising Rwanda and the areas in Uganda, Zaire, Burundi and Tanzania that are not more than 50 kilometres from the border with Rwanda. | 5 August 1994 | On or after: |
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Haiti – service while in the area comprising Haiti, as part of the United States of America led Multi-national force operating in that area. | 21 November 1994 | On or after: |
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