AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL DETERMINATION

I, General the Honourable David Hurley, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting in pursuance of regulations 3 and 6 of the Australian Police Medal Regulations revoke the Australian Police Medal Determination made on the twenty-seventh day of July 1992, and hereby determine as follows (see note):

Main Piece

The Australian Police Medal is a nickel-silver circular medal 38 millimetres in diameter ensigned with a Crown of Saint Edward in nickel-silver. The obverse bears the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on a Federation Star superimposed over a pattern of fluted rays. The reverse bears a wreath of golden wattle surrounding the inscription 'AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL -         FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE'. The Australian Police Medal is suspended from a ribbon 32 millimetres wide, having a vertical stripe 12 millimetres wide of dark blue flanked by 2 white stripes each 10 millimetres wide. The medal thickness is 3mm. The height from the top of the suspender bar to the bottom of the medal is 55mm. The total height of the Main Piece is 96mm.

Miniature Piece

The Miniature Piece of the Australian Police Medal is a half-size replica of the Main Piece suspended from a miniature ribbon 16 millimetres wide. The medal thickness is 2mm. The height from the top of the suspender bar to the bottom of the medal is 27.5mm. The total height of the Miniature Piece is 48mm.

Lapel Badge

The Lapel Badge of the Australian Police Medal is a replica of the medal 1O millimetres in diameter.

Ribbon Bar

The Ribbon Bar of the Australian Police Medal consists of a strip of full-sized ribbon, 32 millimetres wide and 10 millimetres high, with no emblem.

Wearing

The Australian Police Medal is worn on the left breast whenever full-size orders, decorations and medals are worn. The Miniature Piece is worn on all occasions when miniatures of orders, decorations and medals are worn. The Ribbon Bar may be worn at any time on uniform or civilian dress at the discretion of the recipient. The Lapel Badge may be worn at any time with civilian dress. The manner of wearing the Australian Police Medal is in accordance with the Guide to the Wearing of Insignia.

Order of Wear

The Australian Police Medal is worn in accordance with The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards.

Note

The Letters Patent approved by The Sovereign institutes the medal and ordains that the medal is governed by the Regulations Governing the Award of the Australian Police Medal. These Regulations, approved by The Sovereign, set out the terms and conditions of an award, and states that the design, and manner of wearing, of the medal is determined by the Governor­ General.

This document is known as the Determination and it informs the design of the medal, its associated insignia, and that the order of wearing is in accordance with The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards and the manner of wearing is in accordance with the Guide to the Wearing of Insignia. The design of the medal and associated insignia must be in accordance with the relevant technical specifications.

The placement of the medal is approved by The Sovereign, and the Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards is the notification by the Governor-General of the positioning of all awards in the Australian honours system.

These instruments collectively inform the rules and conditions associated with the Australian Police Medal.