Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:5c:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5C (pt 1/7)
Character Range: 27766–30313

5C  Eligibility related definitions
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
allied country means any country (not being Australia or a Commonwealth country):
 (a) that was, at the relevant time, at war with the enemy; or
 (b) the forces of which were, at the relevant time, engaged in an operational area against forces against which the forces of the Commonwealth were engaged in that area;
and includes:
 (c) a state, province or other territory that is one of 2 or more territories that together form, or formed at the relevant time, a discrete part of such a country; and
 (d) a place that is, or was at the relevant time, a territory, dependency or colony (however described) of such a country.
allied mariner means a person who:
 (a) was during the period of World War 2 from its commencement to and including 29 October 1945:
 (i) a master, officer or seaman employed under agreement, or an apprentice employed under indenture, in sea‑going service on a ship that was engaged in trading; or
 (ii) a master, officer, seaman or apprentice employed in a lighthouse tender or pilot ship; or
 (iii) employed as a pilot; or
 (iv) a master, officer, seaman or apprentice employed in sea‑going service on a ship (being a hospital ship, troop transport, supply ship, tug, cable ship, salvage ship, dredge, fishing vessel or fisheries investigation vessel) that was operated by, or on behalf of, a foreign country; and
 (b) was at any time during the course of that employment during the period referred to in paragraph (a) on a ship that was:
 (i) operating from a port in Australia or from a port in a Commonwealth country or an allied country; or
 (ii) engaged in trading with Australia or with a Commonwealth country or an allied country; or
 (iii) engaged in providing assistance or support to the Defence Force, or to the forces, or any part of the forces, of a Commonwealth country or an allied country; or
 (iv) engaged in providing assistance or support to Australia or to a Commonwealth country or an allied country;
but does not include:
 (c) an Australian mariner; or
 (d) a person who has, at any time, been employed by a foreign country that was, at that time, at war with Australia; or
 (e) a person who has, at any time, been employed:
 (i) on a ship that operated to, or was operating from, a port in a country that was, at that time, at war with Australia; or
 (ii) on a ship that was engaged in trading with a country that was, at that time, at war with Australia; or
 (iii) on a ship that was engaged in providing