The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2002

Made: 30th May 2002

Coming into operation: 31st May 2002

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 3(1) of the Flags (Northern Ireland) Order 2000, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment of the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

2

In Part II of the Schedule to the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000[^f00002] –

• (a) there shall be inserted the following entries –

; and

• (b) the following entries shall be omitted –

Signed

John Reid — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 30th May 2002

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (the principal Regulations). They provide that the Union Flag is no longer to be flown on the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and The Princess Margaret. They also provide that the Union Flag is to be flown in accordance with the principal Regulations on the 1st, 3rd and 4th June 2002 in Official Celebration of Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2000/1347 (N.I. 3)

[^f00002]: S.R. 2000/347