2012 No. 98

Open Spaces

The Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Made

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 19261 and now vested in him.

A draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament for a period of forty days pursuant to section 6 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946, and that period has expired without either House resolving that the Regulations not be made.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment of the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 19972

1

The Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 19972 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

2

In Schedule 1, for paragraph 1, substitute—

1

The garden surrounding the Jewel Tower and the lawn surrounding the King George V Memorial, on Abingdon Street, London SW1.

3

In Schedule 1, after paragraph 3, insert—

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Canning Green, being the lawn on the land bounded by Great George Street, Parliament Square, Broad Sanctuary and Little George Street, London SW1.

John PenroseParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations add Canning Green to the list of parks, gardens and other land vested in or under the control or management of the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport specified in Schedule 1 to the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1639) (“the principal Regulations”). The effect is to extend the scope of the principal Regulations to Canning Green.

These Regulations also remove Abingdon Street Garden, which is not under the control of the Secretary of State, from Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations.