Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009

SCHEDULE S Annual reports on performance of functions in relation to parking places for disabled persons' vehicles

(introduced by sections 11(2) and 12(2))

Part 1 S Content of annual reports by local authorities

1 S A report prepared by a local authority under section 11(1)(a) must contain the following information in respect of the reporting period—

(a) details of the action that it took in fulfilment of its duty under section 1;

(b) the number of parking places designated as being for use only by a disabled persons' vehicle by virtue of the provisions of this Act (except section 9);

(c) the following information related to its performance of its duties under section 4—

(i) the number of advisory disabled street parking places identified under section 4(1), if any;

(ii) its reasons for any decision under section 4(2) or (3)(a);

(iii) the number of parking places in relation to which it started the statutory procedure under section 4(3)(b), if any;

(d) the following information related to its performance of its duties under section 5—

(i) the number of requests made to it under section 5(1);

(ii) the number of parking places which it identified under section 5(2)(b);

(iii) its reasons for any decision under section 5(3)(a);

(iv) the number of parking places in relation to which it started the statutory procedure under section 5(3)(b);

(v) the period, in each case, between the identification of a parking place under section 5(2)(b) and the starting of the related statutory procedure under section 5(3)(b);

(e) the following information related to its performance of its duties under section 6—

(i) the number of advisory disabled off-street parking places identified under section 6(1), if any;

(ii) its reasons for any decision under section 6(2)(a);

(iii) the number of parking places in relation to which it started the statutory procedure under section 6(2)(b), if any;

(iv) its reasons for any decision under section 6(4) that it would not have power to make a disabled off-street parking order;

(v) the number of premises that include a parking place for the provision of which it sought to make arrangements under section 6(6), if any;

(vi) the reasons why it was unsuccessful in making any such arrangements;

(vii) the number of parking places in relation to which it started the statutory procedure under section 6(7);

(viii) the date by which it performed its duty under section 6(1) and any duties under section 6(2), (4) or (6), relative to the period of twelve months referred to in section 6(9);

(f) the following information related to its performance of its duties under section 7—

(i) the number of relevant developments for which a planning permission mentioned in section 7(1) was granted;

(ii) its reasons for any decision under section 7(3) that it would not have power to make a disabled off-street parking order;

(iii) the number of premises that include a parking place for the provision of which it sought to make arrangements under section 7(5);

(iv) the reasons why it was unsuccessful in making any such arrangements;

(v) the number of parking places in relation to which it started the statutory procedure under section 7(6);

(g) the following information related to its performance of its duties under section 8—

(i) its reasons for any decision under section 8(2) that it would not have power to make a disabled off-street parking order;

(ii) the number of premises that include a parking place for the provision of which it sought to make arrangements under section 8(4);

(iii) the reasons why it was unsuccessful in making any such arrangements;

(iv) the number of parking places in relation to which it started the statutory procedure under section 8(5);

(h) the following information about disabled street parking orders and disabled off-street parking orders—

(i) the number of such orders for the making of which it started the statutory procedure in accordance with this Act;

(ii) the number of parking places designated as being for use only by a disabled persons' vehicle under such an order;

(iii) in relation to each such order, the period between the start of the statutory procedure and the making of the order;

(iv) in respect of each case in which it started the statutory procedure for the making of such an order but did not make an order, the reasons why not.

2 S A report prepared by a local authority under section 11(1)(a) may contain any other information about its performance of its functions in relation to parking places for disabled persons' vehicles during the reporting period that the authority considers appropriate.

Part 2 S Content of annual report by the Scottish Ministers

3 S A report prepared by the Scottish Ministers under section 12(1)(a) must contain the following information in respect of the reporting period—

(a) details of the action that each local authority took in fulfilment of its duty under section 1;

(b) the total number of parking places designated by the local authorities as being for use only by a disabled persons' vehicle by virtue of the provisions of this Act (except section 9);

(c) for each category of information under paragraph 1 that requires the reporting of a number or a date, a table setting out the number reported by each local authority;

(d) for each category of information under paragraph 1 that requires the reporting of a period, a table setting out the period reported by each local authority;

(e) for each category of information under paragraph 1 that requires the reporting of reasons, a summary of the reasons reported by each local authority.

4 S A report prepared by the Scottish Ministers under section 12(1)(a) may contain any other information about the performance by local authorities of their functions in relation to parking places for disabled persons' vehicles during the reporting period that the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate