The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (as amended by the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2002); the Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020; the Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020); the Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2022; and the Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022, and the Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

In accordance with Part 2 of the Schedule to the above Statutory Rule (SR (N.I.) 2000 No 347), the days in 2025 on which the Union Flag is to be flown on government buildings in Northern Ireland are as follows:

· 10 March: Commonwealth Day

· 14 June: Official Birthday of His Majesty The King

· 9 November: Remembrance Day

Please note:

· The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000/347) (“the Flags Regulations”) make provision as to the flying of flags at government buildings in Northern Ireland, in particular on which buildings and on which days flags must be flown.

· The Union Flag must be flown on the above days in 2025 on all the buildings and in the manner specified in the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

· These days are in addition to the days already specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

· Government building is defined in article 3(2) of the Flags (Northern Ireland) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1347 (N.I.3)) as ‘a building wholly or mainly occupied by members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service’ and “government buildings” in this notice should be construed in accordance with that definition.