The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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reg. 6(2)(b) word inserted by S.S.I. 2024/311 reg. 7(3)(a)
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reg. 4(2)(af) inserted by S.S.I. 2024/311 reg. 7(2)

Fee for issue and period of issue of a badgeS

6.—(1) The fee (if any) which a local authority may charge for the issue of a disabled person’s badge is a fee not exceeding [F1£20].

[F2(2) Subject to [F3[F4paragraphs (3) and (4)] and] regulations 7(2) and 9, a disabled person’s badge shall be issued–

(a)to a person falling within the description specified in regulation 4(1)(b), for a period ending on the day immediately following his [F5third] birthday;

(b)to a person falling within the description specified in regulation 4(2)(a) [F6, 4(2)(ad)] or 4(2)(d), for whichever is the shorter of–

(i)the period of 3 years which begins with the date of issue; or

(ii)the period which begins with the date of issue and ends on the date on which he will cease to receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance [F7, the child disability payment, the short-term assistance] or the mobility supplement;

[F8(ba)to a person falling within the description specified in regulation 4(2)(aa) [F9or 4(2)(ae)], for whichever is the shorter of—

(i)the period of 3 years beginning with the date of issue; or

(ii)the period which begins on the date of issue and ends on the date on which the relevant award of personal independence payment [F10, adult disability payment, or short-term assistance] ends;]

[F11(bb)to a person falling within the description specified in regulation 4(2)(ab), for the period of 1 year beginning with the date of issue;]

(c)to a person falling within the description specified in regulation 4(2)(g) [F12or regulation 4(2A)(c)(i)], for a period of such length as the local authority issuing it may determine, being not more than 3 years nor (except when granted by way of renewal) less than 1 year beginning with the date of issue;

F13(ca). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)to a person not falling within [F14any of the foregoing sub-paragraphs] for a period of 3 years beginning with the date of issue;

F15(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F16(3) Where a person falls within sub-paragraph (b) or (ba) of paragraph (2) and also falls within sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph, a badge shall be issued for whichever is the longer period under a sub-paragraph applying to him.]

[F17(4) Where a person falls within the description specified in regulation 4(2)(a) and is in receipt of an award of disability living allowance which has been extended whilst an application by that person for personal independence payment is being considered, a disabled person’s badge shall be issued for whichever is the shorter of—

(a)the period of 3 years which begins with the date of issue; or

(b)the period which begins with the date of issue and runs for the same length of time as the award of disability living allowance which has been extended was made for.]

Textual Amendments

F1Word in reg. 6(1) substituted (1.4.2007) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/162), regs. 1, 7(2) (with reg. 10(3))

F2Reg. 6(2) substituted (1.4.2007) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/162), regs. 1, 7(3) (with reg. 10(3))

F3Words in reg. 6(2) inserted (8.4.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/65), regs. 1, 5(3)(a)(i)

F4Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (28.6.2014) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/145), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(i)

F5Word in reg. 6(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/89), regs. 1, 2(4)

F6Word in reg. 6(2)(b) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Consequential Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1, 6(3)(a) (with reg. 19)

F7Words in reg. 6(2)(b)(ii) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Consequential Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1, 6(3)(b) (with reg. 19)

F8Reg. 6(2)(ba) inserted (8.4.2013) by The Welfare Reform (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/65), regs. 1, 5(3)(a)(ii)

F9Words in reg. 6(2)(ba) inserted (21.3.2022) by The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/31), regs. 1, 6(3)(a) (with reg. 20)

F10Words in reg. 6(2)(ba)(ii) inserted (21.3.2022) by The Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendment and Transitional Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/31), regs. 1, 6(3)(b) (with reg. 20)

F11Reg. 6(2)(bb) inserted (28.6.2014) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/145), regs. 1(2), 4(a)(ii)