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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These regulations further amend the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993.

The principal amendments are—

1

To provide a definition of “medical practitioner” (regulation 2(1)).

2

To provide that the return of a badge will occur only where there has been a misuse of a disabled person’s badge on at least 3 occasions which has led to a relevant conviction (regulation 2(2)).

3

The diagram numbers in Part I of the Schedule are renumbered and a revised specification inserted in Part II of the Schedule for badges issued on or after 1st April 2000 (regulation 2(3)).