Regulations Governing the Award of the Australian Antarctic Medal

as amended

made under

Letters Patent

This compilation was prepared on 6 November 2009
taking into account Amendments of the Regulations Governing the Award of the Antarctic Medal – 1997

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Short title [see Note 1]

1  These Regulations may be cited as the Australian Antarctic Medal Regulations.

Interpretation

2  In these Regulations —

Medal means the Australian Antarctic Medal and includes a clasp, or clasps, to that Medal.

Minister means the Minister of State for the time being responsible for Antarctic scientific policy and research.

Design of the Medal

3  The design of the Medal shall be as prescribed.

Conditions of award of Medal

4 (1) The Medal may be awarded to an Australian citizen or other person who has given outstanding service in scientific research or exploration, or in support of such work, in the course of, or in connection with, an Australian Antarctic expedition.

 (2) An additional clasp to a Medal may be awarded from time to time to the recipient of a Medal who has given further outstanding service of the kind referred to in sub-regulation (1).

 (3) Except in exceptional circumstances, the recipient of a Medal shall not have worked for less than 12 months in the Antarctic climate south of latitude 60° South or elsewhere in the Antarctic region where the rigours of Antarctic climate and terrain prevail.

 (4) The Medal may be awarded posthumously.

Awards

5 (1) An award of the Medal shall be made by the Governor-General and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.

 (2) The Medal shall not be awarded except upon the nomination of the Minister.

 (3) The Minister shall appoint a Committee to consider nominations for the Medal and to make recommendations to the Minister.

Wearing of the Medal

6  The manner of wearing the Medal shall be as determined by the Governor‑General.

Designation of holder of the Medal

7  Recipients who are awarded the Medal after 2 June 1987 are entitled to have the letters ‘AAM’ placed after their names on all occasions when the use of such letters is customary.

Register 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.

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

 (2) Where an award of the Medal is cancelled, the name of the person to whom the award was made shall be erased from the Register kept for the purpose of regulation 8 and that person shall return the Medal to the Registrar.

 (3) Where an award that has been cancelled is restored, the Registrar shall restore the entry in the Register that had been erased under subregulation (2).

Notes to the Regulations Governing the Award of the Australian Antarctic Medal

Note 1

The Regulations Governing the Award of the Australian Antarctic Medal (in force under Letters Patent) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

Table of Amendments