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Departmental
Notice Title

Declaration of Operational Service for the Purposes of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964

In accordance with section 15 of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964 (“Act”), I hereby give the following notice.

Notice

  1. I declare service during the Indonesian Confrontation:
    • in the Republic of Singapore and on the Malay Peninsula (including the airspace above them) between 17 August 1964 and 11 August 1966 (inclusive) to be operational service for the purposes of the Act;
    • on the island of Borneo (including the airspace above it) between 1 February 1965 and 11 August 1966 (inclusive) to be operational service for the purposes of the Act;
    • in the territorial waters of Malaysia, the territorial waters of the Republic of Singapore, the territorial waters of the Republic of Indonesia, the Singapore Strait and the Malacca Strait (including the airspace above them) between 17 August 1964 and 11 August 1966 (inclusive) to be operational service for the purposes of the Act; and
    • while transiting between any of the localities set out above between 17 August 1964 and 11 August 1966 (inclusive).
  2. I declare the new declaration will supersede the current declaration, Confrontation with Indonesia in the Federated States of Malaya, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, or in surrounding waters that was made by the Honourable Jack Elder on 17 August 1998.
  3. This entitles any member of the New Zealand Armed Forces or the New Zealand Defence Force covered by this declaration (and their spouse, civil union partner or de facto partner) to have their remains buried in the part of any cemetery set aside by a local authority for the burial of:
    • members of Her Majesty’s Forces that have undertaken operational service; and
    • the spouses, civil union partners and de facto partners of members of Her Majesty’s Forces that have undertaken operational service.
  4. Members of other Commonwealth Forces who have undertaken the same operational service and their spouses, civil union partners and de facto partners may also be interred.
  5. The Minister of Defence and the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association were consulted prior to the making of this declaration, as required by the Act.

Dated this 10th day of November 2016.

Hon CRAIG FOSS, Minister of Veterans’ Affairs.