Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations–

• “constable” includes a park constable within the meaning of section 3 of the Parks Regulation Act 1872^f1;

• “invalid carriage” means a mechanically propelled vehicle of which the weight unladen does not exceed 254 kilograms and which is specially designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability and is used solely by such a person;

• “motor cycle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle (not being an invalid carriage) with fewer than four wheels, of which the weight unladen does not exceed 410 kilograms;

• “official notice” means a notice exhibited by or on behalf of the Secretary of State;

• “parking place” means a place shown on an official notice as being appointed under these Regulations for the time being by the Secretary of State as a place for parking vehicles;

• “parking permit” means a permit issued by the Secretary of State for the parking of the vehicle in question;

• “parking ticket” means a ticket, obtained for the parking of the vehicle in question in a parking place in the Park from a machine located by authority of the Secretary of State in the Park in which the vehicle is parked or from a person authorised to dispense a ticket by the Secretary of State, which shows the charge paid and the period in respect of which the charge has been paid;

• “the Park” means Greenwich Park;

• “valid parking ticket” means a parking ticket showing as the period in respect of which the charge has been paid a period comprising the entire period during which the vehicle remains parked;

• “vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads.