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 (interpretation) for paragraph (1B) substitute—

“(1B)
Person A falls within this paragraph if that person—

(a)
is a member of a profession to which section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999^f2 applies; and

(b)
is recognised by the local authority as having the expertise necessary to assess on behalf of the local authority, as the case may be—

(i)
the ability to walk of person B; or

(ii)
whether person B lacks the awareness of danger from traffic which is likely to compromise the safety of person B, or the safety of other persons, during journeys.”.

(3)

In regulation 4 (descriptions of disabled persons)—

(a)

at the end of paragraph (2A)(a) insert “and”; and

(b)

omit paragraph (2A)(b).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2000/59, as amended by S.S.I. 2000/170, S.S.I 2002/451, S.S.I 2007/162, S.S.I. 2011/89, S.S.I. 2011/410, S.S.I. 2013/65, S.S.I. 2014/145, S.S.I. 2015/9, S.S.I. 2016/72 and S.S.I. 2017/118.
f2: 1999 c.8. Section 60(2) was relevantly amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14), schedule 8, paragraph 1(3), the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7), section 213(7)(i), S.I. 2002/253 and S.I. 2010/231.