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15 is amended by omitting 'Civil' (wherever occurring) and substituting 'General'.

16. Section 16 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

17. The heading before section 17 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

18. Section 17 is amended by omitting 'Civil' (wherever occurring) and substituting 'General'.

19. Section 18 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

20. After section 18 the following heading and section are inserted:
Medal of the Order of Australia—Awards in the General Division

          '18A. Awards of the Medal of the Order in the General Division may be made for service worthy of particular recognition.'.

21. Section 19 is amended by omitting 'Civil Division' and substituting 'General Division or a nomination of a person for the award of the Medal of the Order in the General Division'.

22. Section 20 is amended by adding at the end the following sub-section:

          '(4) The Medal of the Order in the Military Division may be awarded to members of the Defence Force.'.

23. After section 23 the following heading and section are inserted:

Medal of the Order of Australia—Awards in the Military Division

'23A. Awards of the Medal of the Order in the Military Division may be made for meritorious service or performance of duty.'.

24. Section 24 is amended by inserting after 'Division' in sub-section (1) 'and awards of the Medal of the Order in the Military Division'.

25. Section 25 is amended—
 (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) 'his' and substituting 'that person';
 (b) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) and substituting the following paragraph:
'  '(a) the death of the person;';
 (c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) 'his resignation' and substituting 'the resignation of the person';
 (d) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (2) 'his appointment' and substituting 'the appointment of that person'; and
 (e) by adding at the end the following sub-section:

 '(4) An award of the Medal of the Order may be cancelled by Ordinance, but an award that has been so cancelled may be restored by Ordinance.'.

26. The heading before section 25 is amended by adding at the end 'AND CANCELLATION OF AN AWARD OF THE MEDAL'.

27. Section 26 is revoked and the following section substituted:

'26. (1) A Knight or Dame, or honorary Knight or Dame, of the Order is entitled—
 (a) to have the letters "A.K." or "A.D.", as the case may be, placed after his or her name on all occasions when the use of such letters is customary; and
 (b) to wear as a decoration the prescribed insignia for Knights of the Order, or Dames of the Order, as the case may be.

 '(2) A Knight or Dame of