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The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/407 · Made 10 December 2015

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Road Traffic And Vehicles

Made 10th December 2015

Coming into operation- 17th February 2016

The Department for Regional Developmentf1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978f2 and now vested in itf3.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(1)

f2

1978 c. 53 as amended by S.I. 1981/154 (N.I. 1) Sch. 7, para. 21; S.I. 1997/276 (N.I. 2) Article 55, Sch. 8, para. 3 and Sch. 9 and S.I. 2005/1964 (N.I. 14) Articles 32, 33 and 34

f3

S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 6(d) and Schedule 4 Part IV

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 17th February 2016.

2Amendments

(1)

The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993f1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 4 (descriptions of disabled persons)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(b) for “2” substitute “3”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2)(d) insert—

“(dd)

has—

(i)

received a lump sum benefit under article 15(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011f2 within tariff levels 1 to 8 (inclusive); and

(ii)

been certified by the Secretary of State as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking;”.

(3)

In regulation 5 (period for which a badge issues) in paragraph (a) for “second” substitute “third”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Regional Development on 10th December 2015

(L.S.)

G F McKenna

A senior officer of the Department for Regional Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

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

The Regulations will amend the description of persons to whom a disabled person’s badge may be issued to include:—

(a)

children between the ages of 2 and 3 who fall within either or both of the descriptions specified in regulation 4(3) of the Principal Regulations (“under 3’s”). Regulation 4(3) of the Principal Regulations relates to the implications of certain medical conditions.

(b)

those in receipt of a specified benefit under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 who have been certified by the Secretary of State as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.