Regulation 15 Display of an organisational badge when a vehicle is being drivenF2I1
England and Wales
This regulation prescribes for the purposes of section 21(4A) of the 1970 Act the circumstances in which an F1organisational badge may be displayed while a vehicle is being driven.
An organisational badge may be displayed on a vehicle while it is being driven by or on behalf of the holder and is carrying a disabled person.
An organisational badge may also be displayed on a vehicle while it is being driven by or on behalf of the holder and–
the vehicle is being used for the collection of a disabled person and for no other purpose;
a disabled person’s concession (other than a concession relating to parking) is available to a vehicle lawfully displaying a disabled person’s badge; and
it would not have been practicable for the vehicle to be lawfully driven to or to stop at the place at which the disabled person is to be collected if that concession did not apply to the vehicle.
An organisational badge may also be displayed on a vehicle while it is being driven by or on behalf of the holder and–
the vehicle, after carrying a disabled person, is leaving the place where he got off;
a disabled person’s concession (other than a concession relating to parking) is available to a vehicle lawfully displaying a disabled person’s badge; and
it would not have been practicable for the vehicle to have left that place if the concession had not applied to the vehicle.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in reg. 15 substituted (30.9.2007) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2531), regs. 1, 11(1)
- F2
Reg. 15 heading substituted (30.9.2007) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2531), regs. 1, 11(2)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 15 in force at 1.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)
Notes on Part III
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Pt. 3 heading omitted (8.10.2013) by virtue of The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2203), regs. 1, 2(6)