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Schedule 1 in relation to the organisation.

 (2) A period mentioned in Schedule 1 includes the days mentioned as the start and the end of the period.

9 Qualifying period of service

 (1) The qualifying period of humanitarian 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 humanitarian 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 counts 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 organisation.

 (2) If the person made the 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 organisation, the day must be counted as 1 day of humanitarian service.

11 Ineligibility for the award of the Medal

 (1) Eligible service does not include service of the following kinds:
 (a) service that is eligible service for an alternative award;
 (b) service as a locally-engaged member of the staff of a specified organisation (whether the person is in the specified hazardous area as a refugee or a resident);
 (c) service as a commercial contractor, or an employee of a commercial contractor, to a specified organisation.

 (2) In paragraph (1) (a):
alternative award means:
 (a) an award of a clasp of the Medal denoting the operation declared as a declared operation by the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Great Lakes) Declaration 1999; or
 (b) an award of the Mozambique clasp of the Australian Service Medal because of a determination under subregulation 4 (2) of the Australian Service Medal Regulations; or
 (c) an award of the Mozambique clasp of the Police Overseas Service Medal because of a determination under subregulation 4 (2) of the Police Overseas Service Medal Regulations.
Schedule 1 Specified organisations
(sections 2, 7 and 8)

Item  Organisation                                   Commencement date of participation  Period of participation
  1   CARE Australia                                                                     2 September 1990 to 31 January 1995
  2   Lutheran World Service                                                             1 July 1989 to 30 June 1992
  3   OSB (now Australian Volunteers International)                                      10 October 1985 to 31 January 1995
  4   World Vision Australia                                                             26 August 1991 to 31