Explanatory note

These Regulations, which consolidate with amendments the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 1971 (S.I. 1971/1521), the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/881), and the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (Scotland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/1586) (“the previous Orders”), concern certain Traffic Orders made by local authorities in Scotland under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) and require that such Orders should include in certain cases an exemption from waiting prohibitions or restrictions for vehicles displaying a disabled person’s badge issued under section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44).

Regulation 1(1) deals with citation and commencement; regulation 1(2) deals with extent; and regulation 1(3) revokes the previous Orders.

Regulation 2 deals wtih interpretation and regulation 3 specifies those Orders to which the Regulations apply.

Regulation 4 sets out those circumstances where an Order which includes or applies a waiting prohibition or restriction shall include or apply an exemption for any disabled person’s vehicle displaying in the relevant position a disabled person’s badge and explains what is meant by displaying a disabled person’s badge “in the relevant position”.