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

Extent: E+W

(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 or under the 1982 Regulations and misuse has led to at least three relevant convictions;
(b) the applicant fails to provide the local authority with adequate evidence—
(i) in the case of an individual, that he or she is a person who fits one or more of the descriptions prescribed by regulation 4; or
(ii) in the case of an institution, that it is an institution eligible to apply for a disabled person’s badge in accordance with regulation 5;
(c) the applicant fails to pay the fee (if any) chargeable for the issue of a badge; or
(d) the local authority has reasonable grounds for believing —
(i) that the applicant is not the person claimed to be; or
(ii) that the applicant would permit another person (to whom the badge was not issued) to display it on a motor vehicle.
(3) When 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/wsi/2000/1786/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/disabled-persons-badges-for-motor-vehicles-wales-regulations-2000/regulation-8
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