Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 6DB

                   A member of the Defence Force is taken to have been rendering operational service during any period of continuous full-time service for which the following conditions are met:

                     (a)  the period started on or after 1 January 1978 and ended on or before the end of 31 December 1992;

                     (b)  the service was on submarine special operations;

                     (c)  the member:

                              (i)  has been awarded the Australian Service Medal with Clasp "SPECIAL OPS" for the service; or

                             (ii)  has become eligible for that award for the service; or

                            (iii)  would have been eligible for that award for the service if the member had not already been awarded it for other service.