Part 3Parliament Square Garden and surrounding area

Controls on activities in Parliament Square Garden and adjoining pavements

142Controlled area of Parliament Square

1

For the purposes of this Part, the “controlled area of Parliament Square” means the area of land that is comprised in—

a

the central garden of Parliament Square, and

b

the footways that immediately adjoin the central garden of Parliament Square.

2

In subsection (1)—

  • “the central garden of Parliament Square” means the site in Parliament Square on which the Minister of Works was authorised by the Parliament Square (Improvements) Act 1949 to lay out the garden referred to in that Act as “the new central garden”;

  • “footway” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980 (see section 329(1) of that Act).