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Western Australia
Flags Protection Bill 2003
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Interpretation 2
4. The Western Australian State Flag 2
5. The Australian National Flag and the Western
Australian State Flag protected 2
Schedule 3
192--1 page i
Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Hon. C. J. Barnett MLA)
Flags Protection Bill 2003
A Bill for
An Act to declare a certain Flag to be the Western Australian State
Flag and to make provision for the protection of the Australian
National Flag and the Western Australian State Flag.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Flags Protection Act 2003.
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Flags Protection Bill 2003
s. 2
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
3. Interpretation
5 In this Act --
"the Australian National Flag" means the flag declared to be
the Australian National Flag by section 3 of the Flags Act
1953 of the Commonwealth;
"the Western Australian State Flag" means the flag declared
10 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.
15 5. The Australian National Flag and the Western Australian
State Flag protected
Any person who burns, damages or otherwise physically
mistreats --
(a) the Australian National Flag;
20 (b) the Western Australian State Flag; or
(c) a reproduction of either the Australian National Flag or
the Western Australian State Flag,
in a manner that --
(d) is intended to cause offence to any person or persons; or
25 (e) could reasonably be expected to cause, and which in fact
causes, offence to any other person or persons,
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $6,000.
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Flags Protection Bill 2003
Schedule
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;
5 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.
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Flags Protection Bill 2003
Schedule
Part 2
THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STATE FLAG
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