SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Minor and consequential amendments
Part 2Amendments related to disabled persons' badges
Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40)
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1
Section 70 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (exemptions from section 69 of that Act) shall have effect with the following amendments.
2
In subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—
aa
a current recognised badge (within the meaning given by section 21A of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970) is displayed on the vehicle;
3
After subsection (2) there is inserted—
2A
In any case in which section 69(1) of this Act would apply to a vehicle but for subsection (1)(aa) above and the vehicle was not, at the time at which it was parked, being used—
a
in accordance with regulations under section 21A of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and
b
in circumstances falling within section 117(1A)(b) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (use where a disabled person’s concession would be available by virtue of displaying a non-GB badge),
the person in charge of the vehicle at that time shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.