Western Australia

                             State Flag Act 2006


                              Western Australia

                             State Flag Act 2006

                                  CONTENTS

    1.   Short title       1
    2.   Commencement      1
    3.   Interpretation    1
    4.   The Western Australian State Flag   1

           Schedule - Western Australian State flag
           Part 1 - Description of flag
           Part 2 - Western Australian State flag

           Notes
         Compilation table 3




                              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 - Western Australian State flag

                                                                      [s. 4]

         [Heading inserted by No. 19 of 2010 s. 36(2).]

                        Part 1 - Description of flag

         [Heading inserted by No. 19 of 2010 s. 36(2).]

         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 - Western Australian State flag

         [Heading inserted by No. 19 of 2010 s. 36(3)(a).]

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[Part 2 amended by No. 19 of 2010 s. 36(3)(b).]

                                    Notes
1        This is a compilation of the State Flag Act 2006 and includes the
    amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following
    table.

                              Compilation table

|Short title      |Number  |Assent  |Commencement       |
|                 |and Year|        |                   |
|State Flag Act   |22 of   |24 Aug  |24 Aug 2006 (see   |
|2006             |2006    |2006    |s. 2)              |
|Standardisation  |19 of   |28 Jun  |11 Sep 2010 (see   |
|of Formatting    |2010    |2010    |s. 2(b) and Gazette|
|Act 2010 s. 36   |        |        |10 Sep 2010        |
|                 |        |        |p. 4341)           |