Regulation 7 Duplicate badge

For regulation 8 there shall be substituted–

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(1)

Save as provided in paragraph (2), when a disabled person’s badge has been lost or stolen or has become so mutilated or faded as to cease to be effectively legible when displayed on a vehicle (in this regulation referred to as “the original badge”), a badge in similar form to that issued under regulation 4 may be issued marked “duplicate” on the front.

(2)

If the original badge was issued before 2nd March 1992 and an application is made for a replacement badge on or after that date a badge in the appropriate form shown in Schedule 2 may be issued marked “duplicate” on the front.

(3)

When a badge is issued in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) it shall be valid for the period from the date on which it is issued until the date on which the original badge would have expired.”