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

Grounds for refusal to issue a badge E+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 F1 ... and misuse has led to [F2 a 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 [F3 or that he is resident in the area of that local authority]; or

(ii) in the case of an [F4 organisation], that it is an [F4 organisation] 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; F5 ...

(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.

[F6 (e) [F7 subject to regulation 4(3A),] in the case of an application made pursuant to regulation 4(2)(f), a report by an [F8 expert 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]

[F9 (f) the applicant already holds a valid badge [F10 issued 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

F1 Words in reg. 8(2)(a) revoked (1.12.2011) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2675), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)(i)

F2 Words in reg. 8(2)(a) substituted (1.12.2011) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2675), regs. 1, 2(6)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in reg. 8(2)(b)(i) inserted (1.12.2011) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2675), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)

F4 Word in reg. 8(2)(b)(ii) substituted (30.9.2007) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2531), regs. 1, 8

F5 Word in reg. 8(2)(c) revoked (1.12.2011) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2675), regs. 1, 2(6)(c)

F6 Reg. 8(2)(e) inserted (1.12.2011) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2675), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(d)

F7 Words in reg. 8(2)(e) inserted (30.8.2019) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/891), regs. 1, 2(4)(a) (with reg. 3)

F8 Words in reg. 8(2)(e) substituted (30.8.2019) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/891), regs. 1, 2(4)(b) (with reg. 3)

F9 Reg. 8(2)(f) inserted (1.4.2012) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2675), regs. 1(2)(b), 2(6)(d)

F10 Words in reg. 8(2)(f) substituted (8.10.2013) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2203), regs. 1, 2(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)