State Flag Act 2006

 

State Flag Act 2006

CONTENTS

1.           Short title                                                                         1

2.           Commencement                                                               2

3.           Interpretation                                                                   2

4.           The Western Australian State Flag                                    2

Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

State Flag Act 2006

No. 22 of 2006

An Act to declare a certain Flag to be the Western Australian State Flag.

 

[Assented to 24 August 2006]

 

 

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.           Short title

             This Act may be cited as the State Flag Act 2006.

2.           Commencement

             This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.           Interpretation

             In this Act “the Western Australian State Flag” means the flag declared to be the Western Australian Flag by section 4 of this Act.

4.           The Western Australian State Flag

             The flag described in Part 1 of the Schedule, being the flag a reproduction of which is set out in Part 2 of the Schedule, is declared to be the Western Australian State Flag.

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Schedule

Part 1

             The Western Australian State Flag is a blue flag with —

    (a)    the Union flag occupying the upper quarter next to the staff; and

    (b)    depicting a black swan (cygnus atratus) on a circle of yellow situated centrally in the fly (the half of the flag furthest from the staff) and facing the staff.

Part 2

WA state flag image

THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE FLAG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer