{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Regulations as to emblems and flags.",
  "text": "(1) The Department of Justice may make regulations—\n(a) prescribing the design of an emblem for the police; and\n(b) regulating the use of that or any other emblem—\n(i) on equipment or property used for the purposes of the police; or\n(ii) otherwise in connection with the police.\n(2) The Department of Justice may make regulations—\n(a) prescribing the design of a flag for the police; and\n(b) regulating the flying or carrying of that or any other flag—\n(i) on land or buildings used for the purposes of the police; or\n(ii) otherwise in connection with the police.\n(3) Before making any regulations under this section the Department of Justice shall consult—\n(a) the Board;\n(b) the Chief Constable;\n(c) the Police Association; and\n(d) any other person or body appearing to the Department of Justice to have an interest in the matter.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 71(a) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 71(b) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 71(c) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 54(3)(d) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 71(d) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:39.477204+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."
}