Vol. 144, No. 7 — March 31, 2010

Registration

SI/2010-24 March 31, 2010

GENERAL CAMPAIGN STAR AND GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL REGULATIONS, 2009

Order Awarding of the General Service Medal with a SOUTH-WEST ASIA ribbon

P.C. 2010-253 March 10, 2010

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, hereby

(a) repeals Order in Council P.C. 2004-756 of June 17, 2004 (see footnote a);

(b) pursuant to paragraph 9(a) of the General Campaign Star and General Service Medal Regulations, 2009 (see footnote b), determines that one of the following conditions must be satisfied for service to be recognized as worthy of the award of the General Service Medal with a SOUTH-WEST ASIA ribbon:

(i) the person meets the criteria set out in paragraphs 6(1)(a) or (b) of those Regulations and served

(A) from outside the theatre of operations consisting of the political boundaries of Afghanistan and its airspace, in direct support of the Canadian participation to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, for at least 30 cumulative days during the period beginning on April 24, 2003 and ending on July 31, 2009,

(B) from outside the theatre of operations consisting of the political boundaries of Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and those parts of the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea that are west of 68° east longitude and north of 5° south latitude, as well as the airspace above those areas, in direct support of the Canadian military operations conducted inside that theatre of operations, for at least 30 cumulative days beginning on August 1, 2009, or

(C) for at least 30 cumulative days of service combined under clauses (A) and (B); or

(ii) the person meets the criteria set out in paragraph 6(1)(c) of those Regulations and served

(A) either inside or outside the theatre of operations consisting of the political boundaries of Afghanistan and its airspace, in direct support of the Canadian participation in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, for at least 30 cumulative days during the period beginning on April 24, 2003 and ending on July 31, 2009,

(B) either inside or outside the theatre of operations consisting of the political boundaries of Afghanistan, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and those parts of the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea that are west of 68° east longitude and north of 5° south latitude, as well as the airspace above those areas, in direct support of the Canadian military operations conducted inside that theatre of operations, for at least 30 cumulative days beginning on August 1, 2009, or

(C) for at least 30 cumulative days of service combined under clauses (A) and (B);

(c) pursuant to paragraph 9(b) of those Regulations, specifies that the SOUTH-WEST ASIA ribbon referred to in paragraph (b) shall be 32 mm in width, consisting of an 18 mm red stripe in the middle, flanked by 2 mm white stripes and 5 mm green stripes; and

(d) pursuant to subsection 17(2) of those Regulations, determines that the General Service Medal with the SOUTH-WEST ASIA ribbon referred to in paragraph (b) shall be worn after the General Service Medal with the ALLIED FORCE ribbon.

Footnote a
SI/2004-70

Footnote b
Made by Letters Patent on February 17, 2010

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