Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010Q00078:reg:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010Q00078
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 5184–8630

7  Persons to whom the Medal has been awarded are entitled to have the letters "PSM" placed after their names on all occasions when the use of such letters is customary.

Registrar of Awards

8 (1) There shall be a Registrar of Awards who shall be appointed by the Governor‑General and shall maintain a Register of the names of persons to whom the Medal has been awarded.

 (2) The Registrar shall keep such other records relating to the award of the Medal as the Governor‑General directs.

Cancellation and reinstatement

9 (1) The Governor-General may cancel the award of the Medal to a person and may reinstate an award so cancelled.

 (2) When an award of the Medal is cancelled, the name of the person to whom the award was made shall be erased from the Register and that person shall return the Medal to the Registrar.

 (3) Where an award that has been cancelled is reinstated, the Registrar shall restore the entry in the Register that had been erased.

Notes to the Regulations Governing the Award of the Public Service Medal

Note 1

The Regulations Governing the Award of the Public Service Medal (in force under Letters Patent) as shown in this compilation are amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments
Title                                                          Date of notification          Date of       Application, saving or
                                                               in Gazette                    commencement  transitional provisions
 Regulations Governing the Award of the Public Service Medal   28 Nov 1989                   18 Oct 1989
                                                               (see Gazette 1989, No. S369)
 Amendments to the Public Service Medal Regulations – 1995     3 Apr 1995                    16 Mar 1995   —
                                                               (see Gazette 1995, No. S124)
 Amendment to the Public Service Medal Regulations – 2003      8 Oct 2003                    14 Aug 2003   [see Note 2]
                                                               (see Gazette 2003, No. S376)

Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected                                                                                   How affected
R. 2.................                                                                                am. 1995
R. 3.................                                                                                am. 1995
R. 4.................                                                                                am. 1995

Note 2

The following amendments to the Public Service Medal were detailed in the Letters Patent and Regulations, gazetted on 8 October 2003 in Gazette No. S376.

These amendments have not been incorporated in this compilation.

ELIZABETH R

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth:
TO ALL to whom these Presents shall come,
GREETING:
WHEREAS it is desirable that the Public Service Medal should be awarded to persons who have rendered outstanding public service in relation to the bombings in Bali:
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that the number of Public Service Medals to be awarded is adequate to accord appropriate recognition to each of those