Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting the definition of deceased person from subregulation (1) ;

(b) by inserting the following definition after the definition of personal representative in subregulation (1) :

proclaimed war means any war or hostilities or special assignment in which any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown or of the Commonwealth of Australia have been, are, or may be, engaged;

(c) by omitting the definition of senior next of kin from subregulation (1) and substituting the following definition:

service or duty includes –

(a) any naval, military or air service in any proclaimed war; and

(b) any special defence undertaking within the meaning of section 6 of the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 of the Commonwealth; and

(c) any peacetime activities, including any peace-keeping activities; and

(d) any training activities conducted in conditions simulating war or war-like activities;

(d) by omitting "interred." from the definition of vault in subregulation (1) and substituting "interred;" ;

(e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of vault in subregulation (1) :

veteran means a person –

(a) who is, or has been, employed as an officer, or a member, of the naval, military or air forces of –

(i) the Commonwealth of Australia; or

(ii) the Crown or an ally of the Crown; and

(b) who, while so employed, performed a service or duty;

(f) by omitting subregulations (2) , (3) and (4) .