Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Amendment Determination (No. 3) 2026

I, Matthew James Keogh, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel, make the following determination under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Dated 18 May 2026

Matthew James Keogh

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Warlike service amendment

Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Determination 2019

1  Name

This instrument is the Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Amendment Determination (No. 3) 2026.

2  Commencement

1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 Note: this table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

2. Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the definition of warlike service in subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Warlike service amendment

Veterans' Entitlements (Warlike Service) Determination 2019