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

PART IIE+WISSUE, DURATION AND REVOCATION OF BADGES

Descriptions of disabled personsE+W

4.—[F1(1) The prescribed descriptions of disabled person to whom a disabled person’s badge may be issued are—

(a)a person who is more than 2 years old and falls within one or more of the descriptions specified in paragraph (2);

(b)a person who is not more than [F23] years old and falls within either or both of the descriptions specified in paragraph (3).]

(2) The descriptions [F3referred to in paragraph (1)(a)] are a person who–

(a)receives the higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance in accordance with section 73 of the Social Security and Benefits Act [F41992];

(b)F5... is in receipt of a grant pursuant to [F6paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service Act 2006] or section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(1);

(c)is registered as blind under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948(2) or, in Scotland, is a blind person within the meaning of section 64(1) of that Act;

(d)receives a mobility supplement under article 26A of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983(3) including such a supplement by virtue of any scheme or order under article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(4);

[F7(dd)has—

(i)received a lump sum benefit under article 15(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 within tariff levels 1 to 8 (inclusive); and

(ii)been certified by the Secretary of State as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking;]

[F8(e)drives a vehicle regularly, has a severe disability in both arms and is unable to operate, or has considerable difficulty in operating, all or some types of parking meter;]

(f)[F9subject to paragraph (3A), has been certified by an independent mobility assessor as having] a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.

[F10(g)receives the mobility component of personal independence payment at either the standard rate or the enhanced rate under section 79(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 by virtue of obtaining a score of at least 8 points in relation to the “moving around” activity in an assessment carried out under the Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013.]

[F11(3) The descriptions referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are—

(a)a child who, on account of a condition, must always be accompanied by bulky medical equipment which cannot be carried around with the child without great difficulty;

(b)a child who, on account of a condition, must always be kept near a motor vehicle so that, if necessary, treatment for that condition can be given in the vehicle or the child can be taken quickly in the vehicle to a place where such treatment can be given.

[F12(3A) A person is to be deemed to be within the description set out in paragraph (2)(f) in the absence of the certification otherwise required if, in the opinion of the local authority to which the application for a disabled person’s badge is being made, it is self evident by reason of the information the authority has about the person that the person has a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.]

(4) In this regulation—

(a)“bulky medical equipment” includes in particular any of the following—

(i)ventilators;

(ii)suction machines;

(iii)feed pumps;

(iv)parenteral equipment;

(v)syringe drivers;

(vi)oxygen administration equipment;

(vii)continual oxygen saturation monitoring equipment; and

(viii)casts and associated medical equipment for the correction of hip dysplasia; and

(b)“parking meter” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (see sections 46(2)(a) and 142(1)).]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)

[F13Organisational badgesE+W

5.  An organisational badge may be issued to an organisation for a motor vehicle which is to be used to carry disabled persons falling within one or more of the descriptions specified in regulation 4(2) or (3).]

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Fee for issue and period of issue of a badgeE+W

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 £2 [F14in the case of badges which have a date of issue before 1st January 2012 and £10 in the case of badges which have a date of issue on or after 1st January 2012].

[F15(2) Subject to 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 that person’s [F16third] birthday;

(b)to a person falling within the description specified in regulation 4(2)(a) [F17, 4(2)(d) or 4(2)(g)], 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 that person will cease to receive the higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance [F18, the mobility supplement or the mobility component of personal independence payment.];

(c)to a person not falling within subparagraph (a) or (b) for a period of 3 years beginning with the date of issue.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Replacement badgesE+W

7.—(1) When a disabled person’s badge (“the original badge”) has been lost, stolen or destroyed, or has become so damaged or faded as no longer to be adequately legible when displayed on a vehicle [F19or which otherwise prevents it from being identified correctly or distinguished from a forgery], a replacement badge may be issued [F20in a form which identifies by consecutive numbering each successive badge issued to the disabled person or organisation (as the case may be) by the issuing authority].

(2) A replacement badge shall be valid from the date of issue until such time as the original badge would have ceased to be valid.

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 7 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Grounds for refusal to issue a badgeE+W

8.—(1) A local authority may refuse to issue a badge on any of the grounds specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The grounds are–

(a)the applicant holds or has held a badge issued under these Regulations F21... and misuse has led to [F22a relevant conviction];

(b)the applicant fails to provide the local authority with adequate evidence–

(i)in the case of an individual, that he is a person to whom one of the descriptions prescribed by regulation 4 applies [F23or that he is resident in the area of that local authority]; or

(ii)in the case of an [F24organisation], that it is an [F24organisation] eligible to apply for a disabled person’s badge in accordance with regulation 5;

(c)the applicant fails to pay the fee (if any) chargeable for the issue of a badge; F25...

(d)the local authority has reasonable grounds for believing that the applicant–

(i)is not the person that he claims to be; or

(ii)would permit another person to whom the badge was not issued to display it on a motor vehicle.

[F26(e)in the case of an application made pursuant to regulation 4(2)(f), a report by an independent mobility assessor stating that one of the criteria specified in that provision is satisfied has not been made available to the local authority in a form satisfactory to the local authority; or]

[F27(f)the applicant already holds a valid badge [F28issued under section 21 of the 1970 Act or a recognised badge within the meaning of section 21A of that Act].]

(3) Where a local authority receives an application for a disabled person’s badge and refuses to issue one, it shall give the applicant particulars of the grounds of refusal in its notice of determination.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Return of badge to issuing authorityE+W

9.—(1) A disabled person’s badge shall be returned to the issuing authority immediately on the occurrence of any of the following events–

(a)the expiry of the period for which the badge was issued;

(b)the death of the holder or, in the case of an [F29organisational] badge, the [F30organisation] ceasing to exist;

(c)the holder of the badge ceases to be a disabled person or, in the case of an [F29organisational] badge, the [F30organisation] ceases to be eligible under regulation 5;

(d)a replacement badge has been issued under regulation 7 to replace a lost or stolen badge and that badge is subsequently found or recovered;

(e)the badge has become so mutilated or faded as no longer to be clearly legible when displayed on a vehicle [F31or has suffered any other damage which otherwise prevents it from being identified correctly or distinguished from a forgery];

(f)the badge ceases to be required by the holder F32....

[F33(g)the holder is issued with another valid badge under section 21 of the 1970 Act or with a recognised badge within the meaning of section 21A of that Act.]

[F34(1A) In the case of a badge to which section 21(4D)(b)(iii) of the 1970 Act applies which is retained by a constable or enforcement officer pursuant to that section, the badge shall be returned as soon as reasonably practicable—

(a)to the issuing authority; and

(b)after return to the issuing authority, by the issuing authority to the holder, provided that the issuing authority does not have grounds for giving a notice to the holder pursuant to paragraph (2).]

(2) F35... A disabled person’s badge shall, F36... be returned to the issuing authority [F37immediately] if the authority gives to the holder a notice–

(a)stating that the authority refuses to allow the badge to continue in use on account of its misuse leading to [F38a relevant conviction] and giving particulars of that misuse; or

(b)stating that the authority is satisfied that the badge was obtained by false representation [F39or that the holder has purported to transfer the badge to another person].

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Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 9 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)

[F41Parking badges for disabled service personnel etc overseasE+W

10.  For the purpose of section 21(8B) of the 1970 Act, the prescribed places outside the United Kingdom comprise any property at any address in any of the localities listed in the schedule to these Regulations.]

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