APPENDIX 3
Regulation 118
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE AND WEARING BY PERSONS IN THE SERVICE OF THE CROWN OF ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS CONFERRED BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS OF FOREIGN STATES AND BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OVERSEAS OF WHICH THE QUEEN IS NOT THE HEAD OF STATE
(United Kingdom and Dependent Territories)
Orders and Decorations
1. NO person in the service of the Crown may accept and wear the insignia of any such Order or decoration without Her Majesty's permission.
2. Such permission, if granted, will be either:
(a) unrestricted, allowing the insignia to be worn on any occasion; or (b) restricted, allowing the insignia to be worn only on particular occasions associated with the country concerned.
The grant of both unrestricted and restricted permission will be conveyed by letter from Her Majesty's Private Secretary.
3. Full and unrestricted permission is contemplated in the case of Orders conferred:
(a) for distinguished services in saving or attempting to save life;
(b) on any officer in the Royal Navy, Army or Royal Air Force, or any United Kingdom official, in recognition of services (a) while lent to a Commonwealth Government or (b) while lent to a foreign Government provided that he is not in receipt of any emoluments from British public funds during the period of the loan.
4. Restricted permission is particularly contemplated in the case of Orders or decorations conferred in recognition of personal attention to a Head of State, or a member of the Royal Family of a foreign or Commonwealth country, on the occasion of State or official visits by such personages.
5. Restricted permission will also be given for the wearing of insignia of Orders and decorations conferred:
(1) on United Kingdom officials in connection with a State visit by Her Majesty The Queen;
(2) on members of deputations of British regiments to Heads of States;
(3) on members of Special Missions when The Queen is represented at a Coronation, Wedding, Funeral, or similar occasion; or on any Diplomatic
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