Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Non-warlike Service

(OPERATION BOLTON)

I, Danna Vale, Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence:

a.                            revoke the determination made by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and

on behalf of the Minister for Defence date 11 August 1999 in relation to OPERATION BOLTON, and

b.                           determine that service rendered as a member of the ADF serving with the UK element of the coalition force operation to patrol the Iraq No-Fly-Zones on OPERATION BOLTON in the Area of Operations specified below during the period 13 May 1999 to 12 January 2003 is non-warlike service for the purposes of subsection 5C(l) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

·          The area of operations comprises Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Dated        27^th      May                                                     2003

DANNA VALE

Minister for Veterans' Affairs for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence