Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Summary of and Background to the Act

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1: Duty to promote proper use of parking places for disabled persons’ vehicles

   2. Section 2: Limitation of local authorities’ powers in relation to advisory parking places for disabled persons’ vehicles

   3. Section 3: Certain orders under the 1984 Act

   4. Section 4: Disabled street parking orders: local authorities’ initial duties

   5. Section 5: Disabled street parking orders: requests by qualifying persons

   6. Section 6: Disabled off-street parking orders: local authorities’ initial duties

   7. Section 7: Disabled off-street parking orders: new development

   8. Section 8: Disabled off-street parking places: ongoing duties

   9. Section 9: Designation of a temporary parking place where a request has been made under section 5

   10. Section 10: Duty to keep disabled street parking orders under review

   11. Section 11: Annual reports by local authorities

   12. Section 12: Annual report by the Scottish Ministers

   13. Section 13: Regulations

   14. Section 14: Interpretation

   15. Schedule

       1. Part 1: Content of annual reports by local authorities

       2. Part 2: Content of the annual report by the Scottish Ministers

4. Parliamentary History