2000 No. 1347 (N.I. 3)
The Flags (Northern Ireland) Order 2000
17th May 2000

1 Title and commencement
1 This Order may be cited as the Flags (Northern Ireland) Order 2000.
2 This Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
fully exercised by SR 2000/334

2 Interpretation
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

3 Flying of flags
1 The Secretary of State may make regulations regulating the flying of flags at government buildingsand court-houses.
Words in art. 3(1) inserted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), ss. 67(1), 87(1); S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 15
2 For the purposes of paragraph (1) “government building” means a building wholly or mainly occupied by members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service.

4 Regulations under Article 3 – supplementary
1 Where the Secretary of State proposes to make regulations under Article 3, he shall refer a draft of the proposed regulations to the Assembly.
2 The Assembly shall, within such period as the Secretary of State may specify, report to the Secretary of State the views expressed in the Assembly on the proposed regulations.
3 The Secretary of State shall consider any report which is made to him under paragraph (2) within the period specified under that paragraph.
4 In exercising his powers under Article 3 the Secretary of State shall have regard to the Belfast Agreement.
5 No regulations may be made under Article 3 unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
6 The draft laid under paragraph (5) shall be accompanied by—
(a) a copy of any report considered by the Secretary of State under paragraph (3); and
(b) if, as a result of any such report, the proposed regulations have been changed, a statement containing details of the changes.