Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges Act 2013

1 Form of parking badges

(1) In the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (“the 1970 Act”), section 21 (badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons) is amended as set out in subsections (2) to (6).

(2) In subsection (1), the words “of a prescribed form” are omitted.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(1A) A badge issued under this section must be in valid form, which means—

(a) of a form specified or approved by the Secretary of State, in the case of a badge issued by a local authority in England and Wales;

(b) of a prescribed form, in the case of a badge issued by a local authority in Scotland.”

(4) In subsection (4B), for “of a form prescribed under this section” there is substituted “in valid form”.

(5) In the subsection (4BA) inserted by section 94 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, for “of a form prescribed under this section” there is substituted “in valid form”.

(6) In the subsection (4BA) inserted by section 73 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001, for “of a form prescribed under subsection (1) above” there is substituted “in valid form”.

(7) In section 117 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (wrongful use of disabled person’s badge), in subsection (1)(a), for “of a form prescribed under section 21” there is substituted “in valid form, within the meaning given by section 21(1A)”.

(8) Any provision of regulations in force on the commencement of this section that prescribes the form of a badge issued by a local authority in England and Wales continues to have effect (until revoked) as if the reference to specifying a form in subsection (1A) of section 21 of the 1970 Act (inserted by subsection (3) above) included a reference to prescribing a form.