Western Australia

State Flag Act 2006

Western Australia

State Flag Act 2006

CONTENTS

1.Short title1

2.Commencement1

3.Interpretation1

4.The Western Australian State Flag1

Schedule

Notes

Compilation table3

Western Australia

State Flag Act 2006

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

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.

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

THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE FLAG

Notes

1This is a compilation of the State Flag Act 2006. The following table contains information about that Act 1a.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and Year	Assent	Commencement
State Flag Act 2006	22 of 2006	24 Aug 2006	24 Aug 2006 (see s. 2)

1aOn the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 36 2	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

2On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 36 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

36.State Flag Act 2006 amended

(1)This section amends the State Flag Act 2006.

(2)In the Schedule:

(a)delete “Schedule”;

(b)delete “Part 1”,

and insert:

Schedule — Western Australian State flag

[s. 4]

Part 1 — Description of flag

(3)In the Schedule Part 2:

(a)delete “Part 2” and insert:

Part 2 — Western Australian State flag

(b)delete “THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE FLAG”.