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Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Great Lakes) Declaration 1999

as amended

made under subregulation 3 (1) of the

Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations

This compilation was prepared on 10 February 2003
taking into account amendments up to Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Great Lakes) 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

Notes

1 Name of declaration [see Note 1]

  This declaration is the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Great Lakes) 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 Schedule 1 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 hazardous area means the hazardous area specified in section 5.
specified organisation means an organisation specified in Schedule 1.

 (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.

3 Declaration

  The humanitarian aid operation arising out of the civil war in Rwanda during 1994, being an operation that satisfies the conditions mentioned in paragraphs 3 (1) (a) and (b) of the Regulations, is a declared operation.

4 Name of operation

  For the purposes of the Regulations, the name by which the declared operation is to be known is 'Great Lakes'.

5 Geographical extent of hazardous area

  The geographical extent of the hazardous area of the declared operation is Rwanda and areas in adjoining countries in which a specified organisation is, or was, carrying on humanitarian service in relation to the declared operation.

6 Date when declared operation commenced

  The date when the declared operation commenced is 1 May 1994.

7 Eligible service with specified organisations

  The organisations service with which is eligible service are the organisations specified in Schedule 1.

8 Period of participation by specified organisations

  The period within which each specified organisation participated in the declared operation, or, if the participation is continuing, the date when the participation commenced, is as specified in Schedule 1 in relation to the organisation.

9 Qualifying period of service

 (1) The qualifying period of humanitarian service required to be given