Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations

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

• “long-term” means a continuous period not exceeding four hours;

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

• “Park” means either Hyde Park or The Regent’s Park as the case may be;

• “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 either long-term or short-term parking for vehicles;

• “parking ticket” means a ticket, obtained for the parking of the vehicle in question 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;

• “short-term” means a continuous period not exceeding two hours;

• “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.