{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flags-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flags-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/347",
  "legislation_title": "The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flags-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Manner of flying flags required or permitted to be flown by regulations 2, 2A, 3 or 4",
  "text": "(1) Where Regulation 2, 2A, 3 or 4 requires or permits the flying of a flag at a government building, the flag in question shall be flown at full mast, provided that:\n(a) where Regulation 3(2) permits the flying of a flag in addition to the Union flag, that flag shall not be flown in a superior position to the Union flag; and\n(b) where Regulation 4 requires the flying of the Royal Standard and the Union Flag, the Royal Standard shall be flown in a superior position.\n(2) Where Regulation 2, 3 or 4(2) requires or permits the flying of a flag at a government building, it shall be flown from 8am until sunset on the day in question.\n(3) Where Regulation 4(1) requires the Royal Standard to be flown at a government building, it shall be flown whilst Her Majesty is present in the building.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5(1) inserted (21.2.2022) by The Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/95), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1)(a) substituted (25.4.2020) by The Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/455), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5 heading inserted (21.2.2022) by The Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/95), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 11.11.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/347/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:59.502286+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}