Regulation 2 Amendment of the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

(1)

The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “disabled person” omit “more than 2 years old and”.

(3)

In regulation 4 (descriptions of disabled persons)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(b)^f2 for “2” substitute “3”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)^f3—

(i)

in subparagraph (e) omit “congenital”;

(ii)

in subparagraph (f) for “has considerable difficulty in walking” substitute “virtually unable to walk”; and

(iii)

in subparagraph (g) for “has considerable difficulty in walking” substitute “virtually unable to walk”; and

(c)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

at the end of subparagraph (a)(vi) omit “and”; and

(ii)

after subparagraph (a)(vii) insert—

“(viii)
casts and associated medical equipment for the correction of hip dysplasia; and”.

(4)

In regulation 6(2)(a)^f4 (fee for issue and period of issue of a badge) for “second” substitute “third”.

(5)

In regulation 7(1) (replacement badges), after “on the front” insert “along with the date of issue and the date on which the original badge is no longer valid”.

(6)

In regulation 10(4) (appeals) for “Executive Development Department, Transport Division 2” substitute “Government, Transport Directorate, Transport Strategy Division, Area 2D-North”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2000/59, amended by S.S.I. 2000/170, 2002/451 and 2007/162.
f2: Regulation 4(1)(b) was substituted by the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/162), regulation 5(2).
f3: Regulation 4(2)(e) to (g) was substituted by S.S.I. 2007/162, regulation 5(3)(c).
f4: Regulation 6(2)(a) was substituted by the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/162), regulation 7(3).