Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009

  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