# The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Wales) Regulations 2000, Regulation 4: Descriptions of disabled persons

Extent: E+W

(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 ;
(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 or section 46 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;
(c) is registered as blind under section 29(4)(g) of the National Assistance Act 1948 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 including such a supplement by virtue of any scheme or order under article 25A of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 ;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2000/1786/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disabled-persons-badges-for-motor-vehicles-wales-regulations-2000/regulation-4
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