VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 6D Operational service--other post World War 2 service

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 6D

  (1)   This section applies to a member of the Defence Force who, or a member of a unit of the Defence Force that:

  (a)   was assigned for service:

  (i)   in Singapore at any time during the period from and including 29   June 1950 to and including 31   August 1957; or

  (ii)   in Japan at any time during the period from and including 28   April 1952 to and including 19   April 1956; or

  (iii)   in North East Thailand (including Ubon) at any time during the period from and including 28   July 1962 to and including 24   June 1965; or

  (iv)   in North East Thailand (not including Ubon) at any time during the period from and including 31   May 1962 to and including 27   July 1962; or

  (b)   was, at any time during the period from and including 1   August 1960 and including 27   May 1963, in the area comprising the territory of Singapore and the country then known as the Federation of Malaya;

but so applies only if the member, or the unit of the member, is included in a written instrument issued by the Defence Force for use by the Commission in determining a person's eligibility for entitlements under this Act.

Note:   Service in Ubon in Thailand between 31   May 1962 and 27   July 1962 is taken to be operational service because of section   6C and item   3A in Schedule   2.

  (2)   A person to whom this section applies is taken to have been rendering operational service during any period during which he or she was rendering continuous full - time service as:

  (a)   a member of the Defence Force; or

  (b)   a member of a unit of the Defence Force;

while the person was in the area described in paragraph   (1)(a) or attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve (as the case may be).

  (3)   For the purposes of subsection   (2), the operational service of a person to whom this section applies:

  (a)   is taken to have started:

  (i)   if the person was in Australia on the day ( relevant day ) from which his or her unit was assigned for service as described in paragraph   (1)(a) or attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve (as the case may be)--on the day on which the member left the last port of call in Australia for that service; or

  (ii)   if the person was outside Australia on the relevant day--on that day; and

  (b)   is taken to have ended:

  (i)   if the member was assigned for service in another country or area outside Australia (not being an operational area)--the day from which the member was assigned to that other country or area, or the day on which the member arrived at that other area, whichever is the later; or

  (ii)   in any other case--the day on which the member arrived at the first port of call in Australia on returning from operational service.