The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendments in relation to flags

3.  After regulation 21 and immediately before the heading to Part 5 insert—

“Part 4A Flags

Limitation on number of flags on flagstaff

21A.— (1) Subject to the provisions of this Part no flagstaff may display more than 1 flag.

(2) Subject to the conditions set out in regulation 21B, a flagstaff may display 2 of the flags mentioned in paragraph (3).

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the flags are—

(a) a flag mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (i) of column (1) in Class H(1) in Schedule 1 (a “Schedule 1 flag”);

(b) a flag mentioned in paragraph 7A, 7AA or 7AB in Class 7 in Schedule 3(2) (a “Schedule 3 flag”).

Two flags: conditions of display

21B.— (1) Where a flagstaff displays two flags one of which is a Schedule 1 flag (within the meaning given in regulation 21A) and the other of which is a Schedule 3 flag (within the meaning given in that regulation) the Schedule 1 flag must be flown in a superior position to the Schedule 3 flag.

(2) Where a flagstaff displays 2 Schedule 1 flags one of which is the Union flag, the Union flag must be flown in a superior position to the other flag.

(3) No flagstaff may display more than one Schedule 3 flag.”.

(1)

Class H was substituted by regulation 2(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2372).

(2)

Paragraph 7A was amended by regulation 2(3)(a) to (d) and paragraphs 7AA to 7AD were inserted by regulation 2(3)(e) of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2372).