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Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Mozambique) Declaration 2001

as amended

made under subregulation 3 (1) of the

Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations

This compilation was prepared on 13 February 2003
taking into account amendments up to Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Mozambique) Amendment Declaration 2002 (No. 1)

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Declaration [see Note 1]
 2 Definitions
 3 Declaration
 4 Name of operation
 5 Geographical extent of hazardous area
 6 Period of declared operation
 7 Specification of organisations for eligible service
 8 Period of participation by specified organisations
 9 Qualifying period of service
 10 When inspection visits count as humanitarian service
 11 Ineligibility for the award of the Medal

Notes

1 Name of Declaration [see Note 1]

  This Declaration is the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal (Mozambique) Declaration 2001.

2 Definitions

 (1) In this Declaration:
declared operation means the operation declared under section 3.
Regulations means the Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal Regulations set out in Schedule 1 to the Letters Patent dated 16 April 1999, given under the Great Seal of Australia, as amended from time to time.
specified hazardous area means the hazardous area specified in section 5.
specified organisation means an organisation specified in Schedule 1.

 (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word that is used in this Declaration and in the Regulations has the same meaning in this Declaration as it has in the Regulations.

3 Declaration

  The humanitarian operation resulting from the civil war in Mozambique during the period 1 January 1985 to 31 January 1995, which satisfies the conditions mentioned in paragraphs 3 (1) (a) 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 known is 'Mozambique'.

5 Geographical extent of hazardous area

  The geographical extent of the hazardous area of the declared operation is:
 (a) Mozambique; and
 (b) areas in adjoining countries (Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) in which a specified organisation carried out humanitarian service as part of the declared operation.

6 Period of declared operation

  The period of the declared operation is 1 January 1985 to 31 January 1995.

7 Specification of organisations for eligible service

  Humanitarian service with an organisation specified in Schedule 1 is eligible service.

8 Period of participation by specified organisations

 (1) The period within which a specified organisation participated in the declared operation is the period mentioned in 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