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Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (East Timor) Declaration 2000

as amended

made under subregulation 3 (1) of the

Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations

This compilation was prepared on 5 November 2001
taking into account amendments up to Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (East Timor) Amendment Declaration 2001 (No. 2)

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

Contents
Page

 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 Date when participation by specified organisations commenced
 9 Qualifying period of service
 10 When inspection visits count as humanitarian service
 11 Ineligibility for an award of the Medal

Schedule 1 Specified organisations

Notes

1 Name of Declaration [see Note 1]

  This Declaration is the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (East Timor) Declaration 2000.

2 Definitions

 (1) In this Declaration:
declared operation means the operation declared under section 3.
Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations, and Regulations, mean 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.
INTERFET means the International Force East Timor led by Australia and authorised by the United Nations Security Council to restore peace and security in East Timor.
specified hazardous area means the hazardous area specified in section 5.
specified organisation means an organisation specified in Schedule 1.
UNAMET means the United Nations Mission in East Timor established by the United Nations Security Council on 11 June 1999 and concluded on 25 October 1999.
UN Popular Consultation Process means the ballot on the political status of East Timor, established as a result of agreements signed by Indonesia and Portugal on 5 May 1999 in New York, and conducted in East Timor on 30 August 1999.
UNTAET means the United Nations Transitional Administration in
East Timor established by the United Nations Security Council on 25 October 1999.

 (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 unrest in East Timor during the UN Popular Consultation Process on autonomy for East Timor and the UNAMET, INTERFET and UNTAET operations, 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 'East Timor'.

5 Geographical extent of hazardous area

  The