Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

Determination of Warlike Service

OPERATION SLIPPER

I, Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science for the Minister for Defence:

1. revoke the determination made under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) on 7 December 2001 in relation to Operation SLIPPER; and
2. determine that service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for service on Operation SLIPPER during the period            11 October 2001 to 30 July 2009 in the Specified Areas defined below is warlike service for the purposes of the definition of “warlike service” in subsection 5C(1) of the Act.

• Specified area number one is bounded by the following coordinates:

48  00N 81 00E

48 00N 35 00E

12 00N 35 00E

12 00N 81 00E

• Specified Area number two includes the Diego Garcia land mass and territorial waters, plus airspace of Diego Garcia out to 250nm radius (from Reference Point 07 18.6S 072 24.6E).

Dated                16 December        2009

         Signed Greg Combet

        GREG COMBET

                                                        Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science

                                                                             for the Minister for Defence