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Proclamation under the Flags Act 1953 (Royal Australian Air Force Ensign)

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Royal Australian Air Force Ensign — appointment and description. This proclamation, made under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953, appoints and legally defines the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign and makes it the official RAAF flag, effective 1 January 2008.

It affects the RAAF, flag manufacturers, protocol officers and public bodies that display or regulate flags by fixing the flag’s appearance and legal status; the Governor‑General made the appointment on advice of the Federal Executive Council.

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Proclamation under the Flags Act 1953 (Royal Australian Air Force Ensign)

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Proclamation under the Flags Act 1953

Flags Act 1953

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953, appoint the flag reproduced in Schedule 1 and described in Schedule 2 to be the ensign of the Australian Air Force and to be known as the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign with effect from 1 January 2008.

Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 25 January 2008

P. M. JEFFERY
Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

john faulkner

Cabinet Secretary

Schedule 1 Royal Australian Air Force Ensign

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Schedule 2 Description of Royal Australian Air Force Ensign

The Royal Australian Air Force Ensign is a sky blue flag with a Union Jack occupying the upper quarter next to the staff, with a large white seven‑pointed Commonwealth star in the centre of the lower quarter next to the staff and directly below the centre of the St George Cross in the Union Jack, and five white stars (representing the Southern Cross) and the Australian Air Force roundel in royal blue, white and red in the fly or the half of the flag further from the staff.

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