# The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000, Regulation 8: Grounds for refusal to issue a badge

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(1) A local authority may refuse to issue a badge on any of the grounds specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The grounds are–
(a) the applicant holds or has held a badge issued under these Regulations ... and misuse has led to a relevant conviction;
(b) the applicant fails to provide the local authority with adequate evidence–
(i) in the case of an individual, that he is a person to whom one of the descriptions prescribed by regulation 4 applies or that he is resident in the area of that local authority; or
(ii) in the case of an organisation, that it is an organisation eligible to apply for a disabled person’s badge in accordance with regulation 5;
(ba) the applicant already holds a valid badge which has been issued by another issuing authority;
(c) the applicant fails to pay the fee (if any) chargeable for the issue of a badge;
(ca) in the case of an application made pursuant to regulation 4(2)(f) or (g), a report by an independent mobility assessor stating that one of the criteria specified in those provisions is satisfied has not been made available to the local authority in a form satisfactory to the local authority; or
(d) the local authority has reasonable grounds for believing that the applicant–
(i) is not the person that he claims to be; or
(ii) would permit another person to whom the badge was not issued to display it on a motor vehicle.
(3) Where a local authority receives an application for a disabled person’s badge and refuses to issue one, it shall give the applicant particulars of the grounds of refusal in its notice of determination.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/59/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disabled-persons-badges-for-motor-vehicles-scotland-regulations-2000/regulation-8
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