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Service Eligibility Assistant Document

Region:Libya

Operation Name:ADF contribution to the NATO no-fly-zone and maritime enforcement operation against Libya

Service Type:Warlike Service

Period:31 March 2011 to 31 October 2011

Qualifying Service:              Yes

VEA Reference:S.5C(1)

Status:              Current

Date Signed:7 February 2012

Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service – NATO no-fly-zone and maritime enforcement operation against Libya) Determination 2012

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

I, WARREN SNOWDON, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, make this Determination under subsection 5C (1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated          Seventh     February                                           2012

Signed Warren Snowdon

Minister for Veterans' Affairs

1Name of Determination

This Determination is the Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service –NATO no-fly-zone and maritime enforcement operation against Libya) Determination 2012.

2Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.



Section 4

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3Definition

In this Determination:

ADF means the Australian Defence Force.

NATO means North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

4Warlike service

For subsection 5C (1) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, service in an operation mentioned in Schedule 1 is warlike service if the service:

(a)       is in an area of operation mentioned in Schedule 1; and

(b)      occurs:

i.         during a period mentioned in Schedule 1, or

ii.       on and from the start date mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1Warlike service

(section 4)

Item

Name of operation

Nature of operation

Area of operation

Start date

End date

1

ADF contribution to the NATO no-fly-zone and maritime enforcement operation against Libya

Libya and its territorial waters and superjacent airspace

31 March 2011

31 October 2011

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1Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service –NATO no-fly-zone and maritime enforcement

operation against Libya) Determination 2012