DETERMINATION AS TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE TO BE TREATED AS FULL-TIME MEMBERS OF THE DEFENCE FORCE IN RESPECT OF SERVICE IN AN OPERATIONAL AREA DESCRIBED IN ITEM I OF SCHEDULE 2

I, BENJAMIN CHARLES HUMPHREYS, Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs, pursuant to paragraph 5(13)(a) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, hereby determine that the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 shall apply to, and in relation to, a person included in the classes of person, as if that person, while rendering service of the kind specified in this determination, in an operational area described in Item l of Column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act, during the period specified in column 2 of that Schedule opposite to the description of the area in Column 1, was a member of the Defence Force who was rendering continuous full-time service for the purposes of this Act:

(1)persons employed by the Commonwealth of Australia who were attached to the Defence Force and who provided services as personnel belonging to field broadcasting units, as telegraphists, as camoufleurs, as war correspondents, as photographers or as cinematographers; or

(2)canteen staff on H.M.A. Ships; or

(3)persons who, as representatives of an approved philanthropic organisation provided welfare services to the Defence Force.

For the purposes of this Determination -

"approved philanthropic organisation" means:

(a)the Australian Red Cross Society;

(b)the Campaigners for Christ - Everyman's Welfare Service;

(c)the Salvation Army;

(d)the Young Women's Christian Association of Australia; and

(e)the Young Men's Christian Association of Australia.

"service in an operational area" shall have the same meaning as it has in sub-sections 6 (5) and 6 (6) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act.

DATED Friday 18th day of December 1987

BEN HUMPHREYS

Minister of State for Veterans' Affairs