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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

      THE HONOURABLE PHILLIP GEORGE EVATT, D.S.C., LL.B.

      GREETING:

      WHEREAS by Letters Patent issued in Our name by Our Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on 13 May 1983 we appointed you to be a Commissioner to inquire into and report upon certain matters relating to the use, and the effects in certain respects of the use, of chemical agents in the course of hostilities in Vietnam:

      AND WHEREAS further Letters Patent were issued in Our name by Our Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on 27 June 1984 in relation to the said matters and it is now desirable that those Letters Patent be revoked and that other provision be made:

      NOW THEREFORE We do by these Our Letters Patent issued in Our name by Our Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Royal Commissions Act 1902 and other enabling powers, revoke the Letters Patent issued on 27 June 1984:

      AND We vary the Letters Patent issued on 13 May 1983 so as to require you to furnish to Our Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia a report of the results of your inquiry and your recommendations not later than 30 April 1985 or such later date as We may be pleased to fix:

      AND We declare the Letters Patent issued on 13 May 1983 shall otherwise have effect according to their tenor.

                     WITNESS His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Order of Australia, Knight Grand Cross of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Grand Cross of The Royal Victorian Order, Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force.

      Dated this third day of August 1984.

Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,

      Prime Minister