Schedule 2 of the VEA defines the operational areas for the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation. There are five items in Schedule 2 that describe different operational areas and periods.
Operational Area | Time Limits |
Item 2 - Malaya and waters up to 18.5 kilometres from the coast. | 29 June 1950 - 31 August 1957 |
Item 3 - Federation of Malaya and the Colony of Singapore. | 1 September 1957 - 31 July 1960 |
Item 5 - Malay/Thai Border. | 1 August 1960 - 16 August 1964 |
Item 6 - Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei) and the adjacent sea up to 80.5 kilometres from the high water mark. | 8 December 1962 - 16 August 1964 |
Item 7 - Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (excluding the northern states area above) and the waters around the Malayan States up to 80.5 kilometres from the high water mark. | 17 August 1964 - 14 September 1966 |