# The Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1994, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations
“constable” includes a park constable within the meaning of section 3 of the Parks Regulation Act 1872;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/432/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hyde-park-and-the-regents-park-vehicle-parking-regulations-1994/regulation-2
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