1. Style.
The Award shall be designated and styled "The New Zealand Armed Forces Award"
2. Description.
The Award shall be a medal of silver and circular in shape, bearing on the obverse the crowned effigy of the soverein, and on thereverse two swords in saltire, points upward, superimposed in the centre of whichis a representationof an eagle, with wings outstretched, with above a Naval Crown, and below two fern fronds, with stems crossed at the base, the whole surrounded by the inscription "New Zealand Armed Forces Award"
3. Ribbon.
The medal shall be worn from the left breast suspended from a ribbon, 32mm in width, of dark blue, crimson, and light blue parallel stripes with a central stripe of black.
4. Eligibility (Royalty).
The Award may be worn by Us Our Heirs and Successors, and it shall be competent of Us, Our Heirs and Successors, to confer at Our Pleasure the Award upon any Princes or Princesses of the Blood Royal and any other members of the Royal Family.
5. Eligibility (Commander in Chief).
It shall be cometent of Us , Our Heirs and Successors, to confer at Our Pleasure the Award on Our Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Realm of New Zealand
6. Eligibility (General).
Thiose eligible for the Award shall be officers of Our Royal New Zealand Navy, Regular Forces of Our New Zealand Army, or the Regualr Forces of Our Royal New Zealand Air Force serving on or after the 1st day of December 1977 whose character and conduct has been irreproachable, and who are recommended by their commanding officer.
7. Service Required.
The qualifying period requisite for the Award shall be 15 years full-time service, or an aggregate of 15 years full-time service, in Our Royal New Zealand Navy, the Regular Forces of Our New Zealand Army, or the Regular Forces of Our Royal New Zealand Air Force.
8. Clasps.
(1) A Clasp to the Award, to be attached to the ribbon when the Award itself is worn, may be granted for each additional 15 years of full-time service subsequent to those for which the Award was granted.
(2) For each Clasp a silver rosette shall be added to the ribbon when worn alone.
9. Reckoning of Service.
(1) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, the following service may be reckoned toward the qualifying period for the grant of the Award or any Clasp thereof:
a. Service in Our Royal New Zealand Navy, the Regular Forces of Our New Zealand Army, or the Reglar Air Force of Our Royal New Zealand Air Force that includes at least three years service as an officer (other thanany service, commissioned or non-commissioned, that has been recognised by the award of a medal for long service.
b. Service in the Permanent forces of a country of the Commonwealth of which We are Queen up to a maximun of 7 years (other than service that has been recognised by the award of a decoration or medal for long service.
c. Where an officer who has been commissioned from the ranks has, before being commissioned, been awarded a medal for long service and good conduct, the qualifying service cor the award shall be fifteen years from the award of that medal and those 15 years shall include at least 8 years service as a commisiioned officer.
d. Service in the New Zealand reserve or in any territorial volunteer or auxilliary military force or in any other force not not involving full-time military service if -
(i) The New Zealand reserve or force is declared liable or is otherwise liable for continuous service in an emergency; and
(ii) The member of the New Zealand reserve or force actually remders full-time service.
(2) Service before the age of 17 1/2 years shall not be reckonable.
10. Registration.
The names of all those to whom the Award is granted shallbe recorded in a register kept by the Secretary of Defence in Our Realm of New Zealand.
11. Names of Recipients.
The name of the recipient shall be engraved or stamped on the rim of the medal.
12. Order of Wear.
In the official list showing the order in which Orders, Decorations, and Medals shall be worn, the New Zealand Armed Forces Award shall in Our Realm of New zealand be placed immediately after Our New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal.
13. Miniatures.
(1) Reproductions of the Award in miniature, which may be worn on certain occasions by those to whom the Award is granted, shall be approximately half the size of the New Zealand Armed Forces Award.
(2) A sealed pattern of the miniature Award shall be deposited with and kept by the Secretary of Defence in Our Realm of New Zealand.
14. Delegated Powers.
Delegated powers to make awards under the terms of this Our Warrant (other than the terms of clauses 4 and 5) shall be vested in Our Defence Council in New Zealand, which shall be competant to make such orders asto the grant of the Award as may be necessary from time to time in amplification of this Our Royal Warrant.
15. Forfeiture and Restoration.
It shall be competent of Our Defence Council in New Zealand -
a. To cancel and annul the conferment of the Award or any clasp thereof on any person; and
b. Where it has cancelled and annulled the conferment of the Award on any person, to restore the Award or Clasp to that person
16. Annulment.
We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and Successors, full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, interpreting, or dispensing with this Our Royal Warrant, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.
