Descriptions of disabled personsE+W
4.—(1) The prescribed descriptions of disabled person to whom a local authority may issue a disabled person’s badge are a person who is more than 2 years old who falls within one or more of the descriptions specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The descriptions 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 [F11992](1);
(b)uses a motor vehicle supplied by the Department of Social Security or the Scottish Executive or is in receipt of a grant pursuant to section 5(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977(2) or section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(3);
(c)is registered as blind under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948(4) 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(5) including such a supplement by virtue of any scheme or order under article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(6);
(e)drives a motor vehicle regularly, has a severe disability in both upper limbs and is unable to turn by hand the steering wheel of a motor vehicle even if that wheel is fitted with a turning knob; or
(f)has a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 4(2)(a) substituted (1.7.2000) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1507), regs. 1, 4
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)