Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where an AFP appointee has, by his or her bravery or other conspicuous conduct or by his or her diligent service, merited a prescribed award, the Commissioner may confer the award on that person.
(1A) If the Commissioner is satisfied that a person (other than an AFP appointee) has, by his or her bravery, or other conspicuous conduct, in assisting the Australian Federal Police, merited a prescribed award, the Commissioner may confer the award on that person.
(2) An award shall be conferred on the basis of such criteria as are prescribed.