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The Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1995

UK Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 993 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
2 April 1995
In force from
3 April 1995
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Road traffic and vehicles
Made under
Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926, Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations revoke and replace The Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1994 (“the 1994 Regulations”) which introduced a charge of £1.50 per hour or part thereof for the parking of vehicles in two hour and four hour parking places in Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park during the times referred to in the 1994 Regulations. These Regulations impose a general four hour parking limit in place of the two and four hour parking limits imposed by the 1994 Regulations and replace the charge of £1.50 per hour or part therof with a charge of 5 pence per two minutes or part thereof. There is also now no charge in respect of motor cycles or vehicles displaying a disabled persons badge and the Regulations no longer apply to vehicles parked in accordance with a parking permit issued by the Secretary of State. Neither do the Regulations any longer apply on English bank and public holidays, save in respect of the prohibition on parking in the Outer Circle of The Regent’s Park during the hours referred to in regulation 5. The Regulations continue the provisions in the 1994 Regulations by providing for an excess charge of £30 to be paid by the person who parked the vehicle if either a vehicle is parked for more than four hours or, in the case of a vehicle which is not a motor cycle or which does not display a disabled persons badge, fails to display a valid parking ticket. The Regulations also continue the prohibition on parking in the Outer Circle of the Regent’s Park during the hours referred to in regulation 5.

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