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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 geographical extent of the hazardous area of the declared operation is:
 (a) East Timor, including the Oecussi Ambeno enclave and the Island of Atauro, in which a specified organisation is carrying out humanitarian service in relation to the declared operation; and
 (b) West Timor, in which a specified organisation is, or was, carrying out humanitarian service in relation to the declared operation.

6 Date when declared operation commenced

  The date when the declared operation commenced is 1 June 1999.

7 Eligible service with specified organisations

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

8 Date when participation by specified organisations commenced

  The date when each specified organisation commenced participating in the declared operation is as specified in Schedule 1 in relation to the organisation.

9 Qualifying period of service

 (1) The qualifying period of service required to be given by a member of a specified organisation to be eligible for an award of the Medal is 30 days.

 (2) The qualifying period of service may be aggregated from several periods of service with 1 or more of the specified organisations.

 (3) If a person gave humanitarian service as a member of 2 or more specified organisations, and a day of the service could be counted as a day of humanitarian service for more than 1 organisation, the day must be counted as 1 day of humanitarian service.

10 When inspection visits count as humanitarian service

 (1) A person's inspection visit is counted as humanitarian service if the person made the visit:
 (a) as a member of a specified organisation; and
 (b) within the period specified in Schedule 1 in relation to the specified organisation.

 (2) If the person made the inspection visit as a member of 2 or more specified organisations, and a day of the visit could be counted as a day of humanitarian service for more than 1 of the organisations, the day must be counted as 1 day of humanitarian service.

11 Ineligibility for an award of the Medal

  A person is not eligible for an award of the Medal if:
 (a) the person's qualifying service is qualifying service for any of the following awards:
 (i) an award of the East Timor clasp of the Australian Active Service Medal because of a determination under subregulation 4 (2) of the Australian Active Service Medal regulations;
 (ii) an award of the International Force East Timor Medal made under subregulation 5 (1) of