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'Australia' and substituting 'the Commonwealth of Australia'; and
         (d) by omitting from sub-section (2) 'his'.

4. Section 5 is amended—
         (a) by adding after 'Order' in paragraph (a) 'and for the award of the 'Medal of the Order'; and
         (b) by omitting from paragraph (c) 'he' and substituting 'the Governor-General'.

5. Section 7 is revoked and the following section substituted:

          '7. The Governor-General may appoint such other officials for the Order as are, in the Governor-General's sole discretion, considered to be necessary for the purpose.'.

6. Section 8 is amended by omitting 'his' and substituting 'that person'.

7. Section 9 is amended by omitting 'to the Order' and substituting 'as members of the Order and awards of the Medal of the Order'.

8. The heading before section 11 is amended by omitting 'CIVIL' and substituting 'GENERAL'.

9. Section 11 is revoked and the following sections and heading substituted:

 '11. (1) Australian citizens, including members of the Defence Force, are eligible to be appointed to the Order as members in the General Division.

 '(2) Persons other than Australian citizens are eligible to be appointed to the Order as honorary members in the General Division.

 '(3) The Medal of the Order in the General Division may be awarded to Australian citizens and other persons.

Order of Australia—Knights and Dames in the General Division

 '11A. (1) Appointments as Knights or Dames, or honorary Knights or Dames, in the General Division shall be made for extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement and merit in service to Australia or to humanity at large.

 '(2) Notwithstanding sub-section (1), a distinguished person who is not an Australian citizen may be appointed an honorary Knight or Dame in the General Division where it is desirable that the person be honoured by Australia.

 '11B. Where a person ceases to hold office as Governor-General, he or she shall continue to be a Knight or Dame, as the case may be, in the General Division.

 '11C. The Governor-General may appoint to be Knights and Dames in the General Division, other than honorary Knights and Dames, not more than two persons in any calendar year.'.

10. The heading before section 12 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

11. Section 12 is amended by omitting 'Civil' (wherever occurring) and substituting 'General'.

12. Section 13 is revoked.

13. Section 14 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

14. The heading before section 15 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

15. Section 15 is amended by omitting 'Civil' (wherever occurring) and substituting 'General'.

16. Section 16 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

17. The heading before section 17 is amended by omitting 'Civil' and substituting 'General'.

18. Section 17 is