ELIZABETH R

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 ALL to whom these Presents shall come:

GREETING:

WHEREAS by Letters Patent dated 14 February 1975, We instituted certain Australian decorations for the purpose of according recognition to persons who perform acts of bravery.

AND WHEREAS, by those Letters Patent, We ordained that the award of the decorations be governed by the Regulations Governing the Award of the Australian Bravery Decorations set out in the Schedule to the Letters Patent:

AND WHEREAS it is desirable that certain amendments of the Regulations be made:

KNOW YOU that We do, by these Presents, declare Our pleasure that the Letters Patent dated
14 February 1975, as amended by Letters Patent dated 17 November 1987, Letters Patent dated
5 March 1990 and Letters Patent dated 5 March 1998, be further amended, but without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder, as set out in the Schedule.

IN WITNESS whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.

GIVEN under the Great Seal of Australia at Our Court at St James’s on 25 August 1998

By Her Majesty’s Command,

JOHN HOWARD

Prime Minister

Schedule

Amendments of the Regulations Governing the Award of Australian Bravery Decorations

1.   Heading before regulation 7

1.1   Omit the heading, substitute “Australian Bravery Decorations Council”.

2.   Regulation 7

2.1   Subregulation 7 (1):

Omit “Australian Decorations Advisory Committee, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’,”, substitute “Australian Bravery Decorations Council (‘the Council’),”.

2.2   Paragraph 7 (1) (c):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

“(c) 12 persons appointed by the Governor-General, of whom:

(i)            4 shall be nominated by the Prime Minister and

(ii)          one each shall be nominated by each of the States, the Northern Territory of Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.”.

3.   Further amendments (change of references to Committee)

3.1   From the following provisions omit “Committee”, substitute “Council”:

(a)           provisions in which “Committee” occurs only once:

              Subregulation 7 (2), subregulation 9 (1), subregulations 14 (2) and (3);

(b)          Provisions in which “Committee” occurs more than once:

               Subregulations 7 (3) and (4), regulation 8, subregulation 9 (2) and regulation 11.