Section 7 — Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986: Eligible war service

(1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purposes of this Act: (a) a person who has rendered operational service shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was rendering operational service; and (b) a person who has rendered continuous full-time service (not being operational service) as a member of the Defence Force during World War 1 shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full-time service; and (c) a person who has rendered continuous full-time service (not being operational service) as a member of the Defence Force during World War 2, being service that commenced before 1 July 1947, shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full-time service; and (d) a person who rendered continuous full-time service (not being operational service) as a member of the Interim Forces during World War 2 on or after 1 July 1947 shall be taken to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full-time service; and (e) a person who was employed on a ship as an Australian mariner is taken to have been rendering eligible war service: (i) if part of that employment was operational service—for the part of that employment that was not operational service; or (ii) in any other case—while the person was so employed. Note 1: For World War 1 and World War 2 see subsection 5B(1). Note 2: For operational service see sections 6 to 6F. Note 3: For Australian mariner, continuous full-time service, member of the Defence Force and member of the Interim Forces see subsection 5C(1). Note 4: Subsections (3) and (4) contain information that is relevant to paragraph (e). (2) A person who rendered continuous full-time service in the Defence Force during World War 2: (a) if the person was appointed or enlisted for war service in any part of the Defence Force that was raised during World War 2 for war service or solely for service in time of that war or during that time and a definite time thereafter—on or after 1 July 1951; (b) if the person was appointed or enlisted in the Citizen Forces and was called up for continuous full-time service for the duration of, or directly in connection with, World War 2—on or after 1 July 1951; or (c) if the person was not appointed or enlisted as set out in paragraph (a) or (b)—on or after 3 January 1949; shall not be taken, by virtue of paragraph (1)(c), to have been rendering eligible war service while the person was so rendering continuous full-time service. (3) Without limiting paragraph (1)(e), a person is taken to be employed on a ship as an Australian mariner while the person was at a place (being a place that is in Australia but is not on land in Australia) in the course of proceeding to employment on a ship as an Australian mariner. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), Australia does not include an external territory.