Regulation 4 Descriptions of disabled personsI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 4(2)(e) substituted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2011 reg. 5(3)(d)
reg. 4(2)(h) inserted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2016 reg. 2(2)(b)
reg. 4(1) substituted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2011 reg. 5(2)
reg. 4(2) words inserted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2011 reg. 5(3)(a)
reg. 4(2)(b) words omitted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2011 reg. 5(3)(b)(i)
reg. 4(2)(b) words substituted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2011 reg. 5(3)(b)(ii)
reg. 4(2)(dd) inserted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2011 reg. 5(3)(c)
reg. 4(3)(4) inserted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2011 reg. 5(4)
reg. 4(1)(a) word replaced by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2012 reg. 2(3)
reg. 4(2)(e) full stop substituted for semi-colon by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2013 reg. 2(3)(a)
reg. 4(2)(f) full stop substituted for semi-colon by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2013 reg. 2(3)(b)
reg. 4(2)(g) inserted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2013 reg. 2(3)(c)
reg. 4(2)(dd) substituted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2014 reg. 2(3)(a)
reg. 4(2)(ff) inserted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2014 reg. 2(3)(b)
reg. 4(2)(c) words substituted by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Secondary Legislation) 2016 Sch. 3 para. 30(a)
reg. 4(2)(c) words substituted by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Secondary Legislation) 2016 Sch. 3 para. 30(b)
reg. 4(2)(g) semi-colon substituted by Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 2016 reg. 2(2)(a)

(1)

The prescribed descriptions of a disabled person to whom a local authority may issue a disabled person’s badge are a person who is more than two years old who fits one or more of the descriptions specified in paragraph (2).

(2)

The descriptions are a person who —

(a)

receives a higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance in accordance with section 73 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ^f1;

(b)

uses a motor vehicle supplied by the Department of Social Security or the Scottish Executive or is in receipt of a grant pursuant to section 5(2)(a) of the National Health Service Act 1977 ^f2 or section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ^f3;

(c)

is registered as blind under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948 ^f4 or, in Scotland, is a blind person within the meaning of section 64(1) of that Act;

(d)

receives a mobility supplement under article 26A of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 ^f5 including such a supplement by virtue of any scheme or order under article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 ^f6;

(e)

drives motor vehicles regularly, has a severe disability in both upper limbs and is unable to turn by hand the steering wheel of a motor vehicle even if that wheel is fitted with a turning knob; or

(f)

has a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at 1.7.2000, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 4.
f2: 1977 c. 49.
f3: 1978 c. 29.
f4: 1948 c. 29.
f5: S.I. 1983/883, as amended by S.I. 1983/1116 and 1121, 1984/1154 and 1687, 1985/1201, 1986/592, 1988/248 and 2248, 1989/156, 1990/250 and 1308, 1991/766, 1992/710 and 3208, 1993/598, 1994/772 and 1906, 1995/766, 1996/732, 1638 and 2282, and 1997/286.
f6: S.I. 1983/686, amended by S.I. 1983/1164 and 1540, 1984/1289 and 1675, 1985/1313, 1986/628, 1987/191, 1988/367 and 2260, 1989/415, 1990/535 and 1300, 1991/708, 1992/702 and 3226, 1993/480, 1994/715 and 2021, 1996/445 and 502, 1997/812, and 1998/278.