PART IIE+WISSUE, DURATION AND REVOCATION OF BADGES

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 F1... and misuse has led to [F2a 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 [F3or that he is resident in the area of that local authority]; or

(ii)in the case of an [F4organisation], that it is an [F4organisation] 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)[F7subject to regulation 4(3A),] in the case of an application made pursuant to regulation 4(2)(f), a report by an [F8expert 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 [F10issued 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

I1Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)