Contracting Out, England Citation, extent, application and commencement 1 This Order— a may be cited as the Contracting Out (Functions relating to the Royal Parks) Order 2016; b extends to England and Wales; and c comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made. Interpretation 2 In this Order “the functions” means the functions now vested in the Secretary of State, and referred to in the following provisions— a section 22 of the Crown Lands Act 1851 (duties of Commissioners of Woods, &c. in relation to Royal Parks, &c., and under the Acts in Schedule, vested in Commissioners of Works) , in relation to— i Saint James’s Park; ii Hyde Park; iii Green Park; iv Regent’s Park; v Primrose Hill; vi Greenwich Park; vii Richmond Park ; and viii Bushy Park. b section 23 of the Crown Lands Act 1851 (powers as to parts of the parks preserved to Commissioners of Woods &c. under this Act) ; c sections 45 and 48 of the Burial Act 1852 (which conferred certain functions in relation to Brompton Cemetery on the Commissioners of Works) ; d section 10 of the Parks Regulation Act 1872 (publication of regulations) ; e section 1 of the Roosevelt Memorial Act 1946 (erection of statue and laying out of garden) ; f section 17(1) of the Park Lane Improvement Act 1958 (certain land to become part of Hyde Park) ; g sections 7(1), (2) and (3) of the Crown Estate Act 1961 (powers of Minister of Works in Regent’s Park) ; h sections 5(1), (3), (5), (6) and (7) of the Royal Parks (Trading) Act 2000 (retention and disposal) ; i section 147 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (authorisation for operation of amplified noise equipment) ; j the following provisions of the Royal Parks and Other Open Spaces Regulations 1997 , other than in relation to The Natural History Museum Gardens; Hampton Court Gardens, Green and Park; and Tower Gardens— i regulation 2 (restriction on use of a park); ii regulation 3(4), (5)(b), (9), (12)(a) and (13) (acts prohibited in a park); iii regulation 3A(3)(c) (acts prohibited in designated parks); iv regulation 4 (Acts in a Park for which written permission is required); and v paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 (the driving and riding of vehicles on a park road). k regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Hyde Park and The Regent’s Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 1995 , in the definitions of “official notice”, “parking place”, “parking permit” and “parking ticket”, and regulation 7(2) (excess charge) of those Regulations; and l regulation 2 (Interpretation) of the Greenwich Park (Vehicle Parking) Regulations 2000 , in the definitions of “official notice”, “parking place”, “parking permit” and “parking ticket”, and regulation 6(2) (excess charge) of those Regulations. Contracting out of functions 3 The functions, or any of them, may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State— a either wholly or to such extent as may be specified in the authorisation; b either generally or in such cases or areas as may be so specified; and c either unconditionally or subject to the fulfilment of such conditions as may be so specified. Tracey Crouch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport 26th October 2016