S.L. 251.2 Art. 4Eligibility.

(1) Eligibility for the Medal shall be restricted to:

(a) All former uniformed members of the Allied Armed Forces and Mercantile Marine who, at any time during the qualifying period, served -

(i) in Malta; or

(ii) in air or sea operations in the Mediterranean connected with the defence, relief or supply of Malta, including participation in convoys and their escorts; or

(iii) in operations mounted from Malta against the Axis Forces;

(b) Civilians who, at any time during the qualifying period, were in Malta in one of the following categories:

(i) Malta Police Force personnel and Special Constables;

(ii) Malta Dockyard Police and Malta Dockyard personnel who served with the Dockyard Defence Battery;

(iii) Nursing members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment, the Red Cross and St John Ambulance, who served in naval, military and civil hospitals;

(iv) Malta Civil Defence personnel (Air Raid Precautions);

(v) Malta Auxiliary Corps;

(vi) Malta Volunteer Defence Force or Home Guard;

(vii) Fire Brigade; and

(viii) District Commissioners, Regional Protection Officers and Protection Officers; and

(c) The Scout Association of Malta for service during the qualifying period.

(2) Persons considering themselves eligible for the award of the Medal are to complete the official application form as set out in the Schedule, and return this, duly certified by the particular organisation to which they belonged, or by such authority as holds the records of that organisation, to the Chairman of the Nominations Committee, Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal, Office of the Prime Minister, Auberge de Castille, Valletta, Malta, not later than the 15th April, 1994:

Provided that Maltese citizens falling under sub-rule (1)(b) may instead of such certification produce the discharge certificate from the relative organisation.

(3) The Medal may not be awarded posthumously.