Commonwealth legislation

Flags (Australian Defence Force Ensign) Rules 2008

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Commonwealth

Act Number

5 of 2008

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legislative instrument

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These Rules require that when the Australian Defence Force Ensign is flown together with the Australian White Ensign or the Royal Australian Air Force Enign, the ADF Ensign must be displayed so it has precedence over the other ensigns. They operate from 1 October 2006 and apply to anyone who flies those flags; the Rules were made under the Governor‑General’s power in the Flags Act 1953 and rely on the Act’s definitions of the relevant ensigns.

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Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 5

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 7 of the Flags Act 1953, make these Rules in relation to the flying of the Australian Defence Force Ensign.

Dated 25 January 2008

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

JOHN FAULKNER

Cabinet Secretary

1 Name of Rules

These Rules are the Flags (Australian Defence Force Ensign) Rules 2008.

2 Commencement

These Rules are taken to have commenced on 1 October 2006.

3 Definitions

In these Rules:

Australian Defence Force Ensign means the flag appointed to be the ensign of the Australian Defence Force under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953.

Australian White Ensign means the flag appointed under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953 to be the ensign of the Australian Navy known as the Australian White Ensign.

Royal Australian Air Force Ensign means the flag appointed to be the ensign of the Australian Air Force under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953.

4 Precedence of Australian Defence Force Ensign

A person flying the Australian Defence Force Ensign together with the Australian White Ensign, the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign, or both of those ensigns, must fly the Australian Defence Force Ensign in a way that shows that it has precedence over each of those other ensigns.

Note

Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.

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