The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

These regulations are administered by the New Zealand Defence Force.

Pursuant to the Royal Warrant (SR 2002/226) dated 23 July 2002 instituting and creating the New Zealand General Service Medal, the Governor-General of New Zealand, under authority delegated by The Queen, has been pleased to make the following regulations.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Regulations 2008.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.

2A Interpretation

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, New Zealand Defence Force means the New Zealand Defence Force constituted by section 11(1) of the Defence Act 1990.

Regulation 2A: inserted, on 3 July 2025, by regulation 4 of the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/131).

3 Award of New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea)

(1)

The medal known as the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) (the medal) may be awarded.

(2)

The award of the medal is subject to the Royal Warrant and these regulations.

4 Ribbon

The ribbon for the medal is 32 mm in width and has a central stripe of red with a narrow stripe of yellow and a broad stripe of light blue on either side.

5 Meaning of Korea in regulation 6

In regulation 6, Korea means—

(a)

the territories of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and

(b)

the territorial seas that the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea are entitled to establish under Part II of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; and

(c)

the superjacent airspace above the territories and territorial seas of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

6 Eligibility

(1)

A person is eligible for the medal if they—

(a)

served in a qualifying role—

(i)

in Korea on or after 1 January 2001 as a member of, or in connection with, a New Zealand Government contribution to United Nations Command activities involving the preservation of the Korean Armistice Agreement; or

(ii)

in Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan, or the East China Sea on or after 22 April 2018 as a member of, or in connection with, a New Zealand Government contribution to international operations to implement United Nations Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; and

(b)

were, at that time, a member of the New Zealand Defence Force.

(2)

For the purposes of subclause (1)(a), a person served in a qualifying role if they—

(a)

served in a role that the Chief of Defence Force has declared to be an operational role; or

(b)

served as a New Zealand liaison officer to the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission; or

(c)

while serving as a New Zealand defence attaché, undertook tasks in direct support of a New Zealand Defence Force contribution to an operation described in subclause (1)(a).

Regulation 6: replaced, on 3 July 2025, by regulation 5 of the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/131).

7 Qualification for award

(1)

An eligible person is qualified for the award of the medal if the person was engaged in service as described in regulation 6(1)(a)—

(a)

for 30 days or more, continuous or aggregated; or

(b)

for less than 30 days, but—

(i)

the service was terminated by death; or

(ii)

the service was terminated by evacuation owing to wounds or disability caused to the person by that service; or

(iii)

the person has been given a New Zealand Royal Honour for gallantry or bravery for acts while engaged in that service; or

(iv)

an operational order, a fragmentary order, or an operational instruction stated that the person was to serve for 30 days or more in service as described in regulation 6(1)(a), but the person had their period of service terminated after less than 30 days at the direction of the New Zealand Government department or agency that deployed the person, and the termination was for official reasons rather than for personal, compassionate, or disciplinary reasons.

(2)

For the purposes of subclause (1),—

(a)

a person is engaged in service for a day if they spend a calendar day, or any part of a calendar day, engaged in service; and

(b)

time spent on official visits in connection with the service described in regulation 6(1)(a) counts towards time engaged in service.

Regulation 7: replaced, on 3 July 2025, by regulation 6 of the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/131).

8 Delegation

The Chief of Defence Force, or an officer of the New Zealand Defence Force authorised by the Chief of Defence Force, may award the medal to any eligible person who qualifies for the award of the medal.

9 Forfeiture and restoration

The Chief of Defence Force, or a Chief of any Service acting for the Chief of Defence Force, may—

(a)

order the forfeiture of an award of the medal made to a person; in which case the person’s name must be removed from the register maintained under the Royal Warrant; and

(b)

order the restoration of an award of the medal to a person whose award was forfeited; in which case the person’s name must be reinstated in the register.

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of September 2008.

Hon Phil Goff,
Minister of Defence.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 11 September 2008.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Regulations 2008 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/131)

New Zealand General Service Medal (Korea) Regulations 2008