# The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Regulations 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note does not form part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and replace the Royal Botanic Garden and Arboretum Edinburgh, Regulations 1970 (“the 1970 Regulations”).
They prescribe (a) those acts which are prohibited and (b) those acts for which written permission is required, within the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh and its outstations at the Younger Botanic Garden Benmore, the Logan Botanic Garden and the Dawyck Botanic Garden (regulations 3 and 4).
The Regulations take account of the appointment under the National Heritage Act 1985 of a Board of Trustees for the Garden.
The main changes are—
(a) that any notices or signs exhibited at the Garden will be by Order of the Board of Trustees;
(b) that certain acts (which under the 1970 Regulations required the written permission of the Secretary of State) now require the written permission of the Board of Trustees;
(c) that picnicking is permitted in certain areas of the Garden;
(d) that certain acts, which were prohibited altogether under the 1970 Regulations are now permitted providing written permission of the Board of Trustees has been obtained (regulation 4(k), (l) and (m)).
Any person challenged by a park constable or police constable with a contravention of these Regulations must supply his full name and address (regulation 5).
In terms of section 2(1) of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 any person who fails to comply with or acts in contravention of the Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding Level 1 on the standard scale (at present £50).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/830/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-regulations-1989/note
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