National Emergency Medal (Tropical Cyclone Debbie 2017) Declaration 2020

1 Name

This instrument is the National Emergency Medal (Tropical Cyclone Debbie 2017) Declaration 2020.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information    
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument The day this instrument is made  
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or if information may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subregulation 3(2) of the National Emergency Medal Regulations 2011 set out in the Schedule to the Letters Patent dated 23 October 2011 that instituted the National Emergency Medal.

4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Regulations, including the following:
(a) Medal for sustained service;
(b) nationally-significant emergency;
(c) service.

(1) In this instrument:

declared emergency means the emergency declared in section 5.

eligible service means service of a type mentioned in section 9.

Regulations means the National Emergency Medal Regulations 2011 set out in the Schedule to the Letters Patent dated 23 October 2011 that instituted the National Emergency Medal.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, expressions used in this instrument have the same meaning as in the Regulations.

5 Declared emergency

For the purposes of subregulation 3(2) of the Regulations, the emergency of Tropical Cyclone Debbie 2017 is declared to be a nationally-significant emergency for the purposes of the Regulations.

6 Name of declared emergency

For the purposes of paragraph 3(4)(a) of the Regulations, the name by which the declared emergency is to be known for the purposes of the Regulations is "Tropical Cyclone Debbie 2017".

7 Geographical area of declared emergency

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(4)(b) of the Regulations, the geographical area in Australia where the declared emergency happened is the area that consists of the local government areas, as at 25 March 2017, covered by subsections (2) and (3).

New South Wales

(2) This subsection covers the following local government areas in the State of New South Wales:

     (a) Ballina;      (e) Lismore;
     (b) Byron;      (f) Richmond Valley;
     (c) Clarence Valley;      (g) Tenterfield;
     (d) Kyogle;      (h) Tweed.

Queensland

(3) This subsection covers the following local government areas in the State of Queensland:

     (a) Banana;      (s) Maranoa;
     (b) Brisbane;      (t) Moreton Bay;
     (c) Bundaberg;      (u) Noosa;
     (d) Burdekin;      (v) North Burnett;
     (e) Central Highlands;      (w) Palm Island;
     (f) Charters Towers;      (x) Redland;
     (g) Fraser Coast;      (y) Rockhampton;
     (h) Gladstone;      (z) Scenic Rim;
     (i) Gold Coast City;      (za) Somerset;
     (j) Goondiwindi;      (zb) South Burnett;
     (k) Gympie;      (zc) Southern Downs;
     (l) Hinchinbrook;      (zd) Sunshine Coast;
     (m) Ipswich;      (ze) Toowoomba;
     (n) Isaac;      (zf) Townsville;
     (o) Livingstone;      (zg) Western Downs;
     (p) Lockyer Valley;      (zh) Whitsunday;
     (q) Logan;      (zi) Woorabinda Aboriginal.
     (r) Mackay;  
8 Duration of declared emergency

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(4)(c) of the Regulations, the declared emergency began on 25 March 2017.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 3(4)(d) of the Regulations, the duration of the declared emergency was the period beginning on 25 March 2017 and ending on 10 April 2017.

9 Eligible service during declared emergency

For the purposes of paragraph 3(4)(e) of the Regulations, the type of service in relation to the declared emergency that is required to qualify for the award of the Medal for sustained service is service by a person:

     (a) in the protection of lives and property; or

     (b) in the service of interests that are not their own;

in direct response to the declared emergency (including support that enables or facilitates the emergency response).

10 Minimum duration of eligible service during declared emergency

For the purposes of paragraph 3(4)(e) of the Regulations, the minimum duration of eligible service required to qualify for the award of the Medal for sustained service is 5 days during the period mentioned in subsection 8(2) of this instrument.