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19.—(1) An immobilisation device shall not be fixed to a vehicle under Article 18 if a current disabled person’s badge is displayed on the vehicle.
(2) Where under Article 5(1)(a) a traffic attendant fixes a penalty charge notice to a vehicle in a parking place in respect of a contravention which consists of, or arises out of, a failure to—
(a)pay a parking charge;
(b)display a ticket or parking device properly; or
(c)remove the vehicle from the parking place by the end of a period for which the appropriate charge was paid,
the Department shall not fix an immobilisation device to the vehicle under Article 18(1)(a) until 15 minutes have elapsed from the time when the traffic attendant fixes the penalty charge notice to the vehicle.
(3) If, in a case in which an immobilisation device would have been fixed to a vehicle but for paragraph (1), the vehicle was not being used—
(a)in accordance with regulations under section 14 or 14A of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 53); and
(b)in circumstances falling within section 14B(1)(b) or (2)(b) of that Act (disabled person’s concession),
the person in charge of the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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