Flag Flying". Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Archived from the original on 23 December 2008 . Retrieved 9 January 2012. a b c d e f g Sum, Lok-kei (22 August 2019). "Are Hong Kong protesters pro-American or British when they wave the US and UK flags? The answer is complicated". South China Morning Post. SCMP Publishers . Retrieved 26 June 2020. a b "-kin". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) The current national flag of New Zealand was given official standing under the New Zealand Ensign Act in 1902, replacing the Union Flag. [109] [110] However, the Union Flag continued to see tandem use with the national flag of New Zealand into the 1950s. [109] South Africa [ edit ]

Moore, Matthew (5 December 2007). "The new face of Britain Flag poll results". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. The Union Flag has no official status in the United Kingdom, and there are no national regulations concerning its use or prohibitions against flag desecration. In Northern Ireland, the Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 provide for the flying of the flag on government buildings on certain occasions, when it is flown half-mast, and how it is displayed with other flags. [96] A folded Union Flag with a tam o' shanter on top of it Signs of Heraldry". Ashburton Guardian. Vol.XLII, no.9409. National Library of New Zealand. 13 December 1921. p.5 . Retrieved 9 January 2012. On 30 November, St Andrew's Day, the Union Flag can be flown in Scotland only where a building has more than one flagpole—on this day the Saltire will not be lowered to make way for the Union Flag if there is only one flagpole. [94] This difference arose after Members of the Scottish Parliament complained that Scotland was the only country in the world that could not fly its national flag on its national day. However, on 23 April, St George's Day, it is the Union Flag of the United Kingdom that is flown over UK government offices in England. [95] Usage and disposal [ edit ]

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The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000". Opsi.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2009 . Retrieved 14 June 2010. The Union Flag is flown at half mast from the announcement of the death of the sovereign (save for Proclamation Day), or upon command of the sovereign. [93] There was some speculation on the matter in British dominions also, with one New Zealand paper reporting that: The flag proportions on land and the war flag used by the British Army have the proportions 3:5. [10] The flag's height-to-length proportions at sea are 1:2. [11] a b Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard. W. Mitchell. 1895. pp.181–185 . Retrieved 10 February 2023.

College of Arms (2023). "Union Flag: approved designs" . Retrieved 23 September 2023. For the avoidance of doubt and the sake of convenience, Garter King of Arms, under the authority of the Earl Marshal, has approved two versions of the Union flag as being accurate representations suitable for use. These are of the proportions 5:3, commonly flown on land; and 2:1, commonly flown at sea. Post Office Blue Ensign (before 1864)". The Collection. National Maritime Museum. AAA3687 . Retrieved 12 August 2013. Union Flag: Specification". The Flag Institute. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021 . Retrieved 7 August 2021.

The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2002". Opsi.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2009 . Retrieved 14 June 2010.