The Gov­ern­ment has ex­tend­ed the pe­ri­od dur­ing which the for­mer Coat of Arms of Trinidad and To­ba­go may be used, push­ing the dead­line to Jan­u­ary 2, 2031.

The or­der ex­tend­ing the use of the for­mer em­blem was dat­ed De­cem­ber 18, 2025, and signed by Roger Alexan­der, Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty.

The ex­ten­sion is con­tained in Le­gal No­tice No. 468, pub­lished on De­cem­ber 22, 2025, and made un­der sec­tion 5(2) of the Na­tion­al Em­blems of Trinidad and To­ba­go (Reg­u­la­tion) (Amend­ment) Act, 2025. The or­der al­lows the Min­is­ter to pre­scribe a lat­er date for the con­tin­ued use of the for­mer em­blem.