Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093:schedule:5:p58
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C01093
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 5 (pt 58/59)
Character Range: 508353–511563

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Identity No. (if any) ..........................................
The holder of this card is protected by the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and by the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) in his capacity as ......
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Date of issue ................. No. of card ...................
 Signature of issuing
 authority

Date if expiry ...............

REVERSE SIDE

Height...........                                       Eyes..........                             Hair.............

 Other distinguishing marks or information:
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 Weapons .............................................

PHOTO OF HOLDER

Stamp                                                   Signature of holder or thumbprint or both

Fig. 3: Model of identity card for civil defence personnel
(format: 74mm x 105mm)

Article 15—International distinctive sign

 1. The international distinctive sign of civil defence provided for in Article 66, paragraph 4, of the Protocol is an equilateral blue triangle on an orange ground. A model is shown in Figure 4:

Fig. 4: Blue triangle on an orange ground
 2. It is recommended that:
     (a) if the blue triangle is on a flag or armlet or tabard, the ground to the triangle be the orange flag, armlet or tabard;
     (b) one of the angles of the triangle be pointed vertically upwards;
     (c) no angle of the triangle touch the edge of the orange ground.
 3. The international distinctive sign shall be as large as appropriate under the circumstances. The distinctive sign shall, whenever possible, be displayed on flat surfaces or on flags visible from as many directions and from as far away as possible. Subject to the instructions of the competent authority, civil defence personnel shall, as far as possible, wear headgear and clothing bearing the international distinctive sign. At night or when visibility is reduced, the sign may be lighted or illuminated; it may also be made of materials redering it recognizable by technical means of detection.

Chapter VI

WORKS AND INSTALLATIONS CONTAINING DANGEROUS FORCES

Article 16—International special sign
 1. The international special sign for works and installations containing dangerous forces, as provided for in Article 56, paragraph 7, of the Protocol, shall be a group of three bright orange circles of equal size, placed on the same axis, the distance between each circle being one radius, in accordance with Figure 5 illustrated below.
 2. The sign shall be as large as appropriate under the circumstances. When displayed over an extended surface it may be repeated as often as appropriate under the circumstances. It shall, whenever possible, be displayed on flat surfaces or on flags so as to be visible from as many directions and from as far away as possible.
 3. On a flag, the distance between the outer limits of the sign and the adjacent sides of the flag shall be one