Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The purpose of these Regulations (together with related Regulations dealing with Badges for Motor Vehicles) is to introduce a system of blue badges for disabled people from Wales that will be valid across the European Union to replace the current orange badge system.
Similar regulations are being made in the other parts of the United Kingdom pursuant to a Recommendation made by the Council of the European Union in 1998.
Local authorities are able to make orders relating to parking under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled Persons) (England and Wales) Regulations 1986 specified the exemptions in favour of disabled people that it would be necessary for local authorities to include in orders regarding parking prohibitions and limits and the charges that could be imposed.
These Regulations revoke the 1986 Regulations (regulation 2).
Regulations 3 and 4 define terms used in the Regulations.
Regulations 5 to 9 specify the relevant orders and the way in which the exemptions will affect them.