{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disabled-persons-badges-for-motor-vehicles-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disabled-persons-badges-for-motor-vehicles-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/59",
  "legislation_title": "The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disabled-persons-badges-for-motor-vehicles-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Individual’s Badges\nThe additional specifications applicable to an individual’s badge as follows:—\n(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), the rear side of an individual’s badge must contain a close-up digital photograph of the head and shoulders of the badge holder. The photograph must have a strong definition between face and background and must be:\n(i) in colour;\n(ii) 45 millimetres in height and 35 millimetres in width (passport size);\n(iii) taken—\n(aa) within the month prior to the date of the application;\n(bb) against a light grey or cream background;\n(iv) undamaged;\n(v) free from ‘redeye’, shadows, reflection or glare from spectacles;\n(vi) of the full head of the holder (without any other person visible or any covering, unless it is worn for religious beliefs or medical reasons)—\n(aa) facing forward;\n(bb) with nothing covering the face;\n(cc) looking straight at the camera;\n(dd) with a neutral expression and mouth closed;\n(ee) with eyes open and clearly visible (without sunglasses or tinted spectacles and without hair or spectacle frames obscuring the eyes);\n(vii) in sharp focus and clear;\n(viii) printed professionally or in digital format;\n(ix) a true likeness, without amendment;\n(b) sub-paragraphs (a)(vi)(cc) and (a)(vi)(dd) do not apply to photographs of children aged five years and under;\n(c) the variable bar code on the rear side of the badge must identify the year of birth and (in code) the gender of the holder;\n(d) the serial number printed on the badge must identify the month and year of birth and (in code) the gender of the holder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. Pt. 3A inserted (1.1.2012) by The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/410), regs. 1(1), 2(9)(f), sch. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/59/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:34.028743+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}