# The Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) etc. Regulations 2010, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make a series of amendments to existing Royal Parks legislation and introduce new provisions in respect of car parking charges in Bushy Park and Richmond Park.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997 (“the 1997 Regulations”). It makes provision so that licensed private hire vehicles (“PHVs”), as well as Hackney cabs, are able to enter the Royal Parks in the course of their business. It also makes provision to the effect that PHVs, and Hackney cabs, exhibiting an external notice or advertisement will not require written permission to use the Royal Parks. It further provides that the requirement imposed on a person to remove any faeces deposited by an animal of which he is in charge does not apply if the animal is a horse. It also provides that it is permissible to sail a model in the Model Boating Pond in Bushy Park (rather than in the Heron Pond, as previously). Lastly, it reduces the speed limit at which a vehicle may be driven or ridden on a Park Road in Greenwich Park and Bushy Park from 30 mph to 20 mph.
Regulation 3 amends the Greenwich Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”) to increase the parking charge payable in respect of a vehicle parked in a parking place in Greenwich Park during prescribed hours from 25 pence to 30 pence per 15 minutes (or part thereof). It also increases the level of excess charge payable for parking in contravention of the 2000 Regulations from £50 to £80. It extends the time permitted for payment of that excess charge from 14 days to 28 days and provides that the amount of charge shall be reduced by 50% where it is paid within 14 days of the written demand.
Regulation 4 amends the Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1995 (“the 1995 Regulations”) to increase the parking charges payable in respect of a vehicle parked in a parking place in Hyde Park between 08:30 hours and 18:30 hours, or The Regent’s Park between 09:00 hours and 18:30 hours. The parking charge increases from 30 pence to 35 pence for every fifteen minutes (or part thereof) on a Sunday or Holiday and from 50 pence to 60 pence on any other day. This regulation makes identical provision in respect of an excess charge payable for contravention of the 1995 Regulations as regulation 3 does in respect of the 2000 Regulations.
Regulation 5 introduces car parking charges for cars parked in a parking place in Richmond and Bushy Parks and specifies the rates payable in each of them. Regulation 6 provides for an excess charge payable for a vehicle parked in Richmond or Bushy Park in the same terms as those in respect of Greenwich Park, Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park.
Regulation 7 provides for certain exemptions to the charges in regulation 5.
Regulation 8 makes provision concerning the powers of constables, the recovery of penalties and the effect of regulations 5, 6 and 7 in relation to the 1997 Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111492086/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-royal-parks-and-other-open-spaces-amendment-etc-regulations-2010/note
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