Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) etc. Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment of the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997

2. —(1)The Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997( 5 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In Part 2 of Schedule 2–

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute the following–

“ 1. On a Park road in Bushy Park, The Green Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park (other than the Serpentine Road), St James’s Park, The Regent’s Park or Richmond Park, at a speed not exceeding 20 mph. ” ;

(b) omit paragraph 2; and

(c) in paragraph 4 after “other than one mentioned in paragraphs 1” omit “, 2”.

Amendment of the Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1995

3. —(1)The Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1995( 6 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In Regulation 6(a), for “35 pence” substitute “50 pence”.

(3) In Regulation 6(b), for “60 pence” substitute “70 pence”.

Amendment of the Greenwich Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 2000

4. —(1)The Greenwich Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 2000( 7 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2, after the definition of “constable”, insert the following–

“ “holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or any day which is a bank holiday in England in accordance with The Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 ( 8 ) ; ” .

(3) For regulation 5 substitute the following–

“ 5. —(1) The charge for a parking ticket shall be—

(a) for parking on a Sunday or holiday, 50 pence for every fifteen minutes or part thereof;

(b) for parking on any other day, 35 pence for every fifteen minutes or part thereof. ” .