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

Grounds for refusal to issue a badge

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 or under the 1982 Regulations and misuse has led to at least three relevant convictions;

(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; or

(ii) in the case of an institution, that it is an institution 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; or

(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.

(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.