Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Balkans) Declaration 1999 (Cth)

Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Balkans) Declaration 1999

as amended

made under subregulation 3 (1) of the

Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations

This compilation was prepared on 7 February 2003 taking into account amendments up to Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Balkans) Amendment Declaration 2002 (No. 1)

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Name of Declaration [see Note 1] 2 Definitions 3 Declaration 4 Name of operation 5 Geographical extent of hazardous area 6 Date when declared operation commenced 7 Eligible service with specified organisations 8 Period of participation by specified organisations 9 Qualifying period of service 10 When inspection visits count as humanitarian service 11 Ineligibility for an award of the Medal Part 1 Zone 1 Part 2 Zone 2

Notes

1 Name of Declaration [see Note 1]

This Declaration is the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Balkans) Declaration 1999.

2 Definitions

(1) In this Declaration: declared operation means the operation declared under section 3. Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations means the Regulations set out in the Schedule to the Letters Patent dated 16 April 1999 given under the Great Seal of Australia, being the Regulations as amended from time to time. Regulations means the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations. specified organisation means: (a) for Zone 1 — an organisation specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1; and (b) for Zone 2 — an organisation specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1. Zone 1 means the hazardous area specified in paragraph 5 (a). Zone 2 means the hazardous area specified in paragraph 5 (b).

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word that is used in this Declaration and in the Regulations has the same meaning in this Declaration as it has in the Regulations.