2001 No. 405
OPEN SPACES

The Holyrood Park Amendment Regulations 2001

Made
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Parks Regulations (Amendment) Act 19261, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 2(2) of that Act, section 6(2) of the Statutory Instruments Act 19462, and articles 3(3) and 12 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Statutory Instruments) Order 19993, been laid before the Scottish Parliament and a period of 40 days having expired without a resolution that the Regulations be not made:

Citation and commencement

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Holyrood Park Amendment Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 6th November 2001.

Amendment of the Holyrood Park Regulations 1971

2.

The Holyrood Park Regulations 19714 will be amended in accordance with the following regulations.

3.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)–

(a)

before the definition of “the Park” there shall be inserted the following definition:–
  • ““heavy commercial vehicle” has the same meaning as in section 138 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19845;”; and

(b)

after the definition of “Park-keeper” there shall be inserted the following:–

““Queen’s Gait Spur” means that section of roadway between Queen’s Gait and Queen’s Gait Roundabout;

“the Queen’s Drive Loop” means that section of roadway between the Queen’s Gate Entrance and the Holyrood Lodge Entrance via the Queen’s Gait Spur, the Queen’s Gait Roundabout, Queen’s Drive, the Broad Pavement Roundabout and the South Approach as the same may be improved or realigned from time to time;”.

4.

In regulation 4 (acts for which written permission is required)–

(a)

at the beginning of paragraph (2) there shall be inserted “subject to paragraph (2A) of this regulation,”;

(b)

after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

“(2A)

paragraph 2 shall not apply, except for heavy commercial vehicles, in relation to the Queen’s Drive Loop;”; and

(c)

at the beginning of paragraph (10) there shall be inserted the following–

  • “except for advertising on vehicles entitled to use the Queen’s Drive Loop,”.

ALLAN WILSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Holyrood Park Regulations 1971 which specifically ban commercial vehicles and the exhibition of advertising material in the Park.

The amendments–

(a)

permit commercial vehicles (except heavy commercial vehicles with an operating weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes) to use a specified route through the Park as an alternative to Holyrood Road which is scheduled for partial closure;

(b)

permit the display of advertising material on such commercial vehicles.