Section 119Part 8 — Control of Traffic
Disabled person's badge
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119. (1) There shall be a badge of a prescribed form to be issued by the Director for vehicles driven by, or used for the carriage of, disabled persons, and subject to this section, the badge so issued for any vehicle may be displayed on it.
A badge may be issued to a disabled person for one or more vehicles driven by that person or used by that person as a passenger.
A badge may be issued to an institution concerned with the care of the disabled person for a vehicle, or, for each vehicle kept and used by or on behalf of the institution to carry disabled persons.
A badge issued under this section shall be displayed when the vehicle to which it relates is parked in a parking place designated for disabled persons and in such manner as may be prescribed.
A person who —
drives a vehicle on a road while displaying a badge intended to lead to an impression that it is a prescribed badge issued under this section or regulations;
parks a vehicle in a disabled parking space when that person is not entitled to do so contrary to subsection (4);
parks a pedal cycle or otherwise does anything that causes an obstruction in a parking place reserved for disabled persons; or
uses a badge in contravention of this section, commits an offence.
The Director shall maintain a register showing the holders of badges issued under this section, and the vehicle for which each of the badges is held.
A badge issued under this section remains the property of the Crown, and shall be issued for such period as may be prescribed and be returned to the Director in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
Regulations made under this Act may prescribe —
cases in which the Director shall or may refuse to issue badges; and
a fee for the issue or reissue of a badge, and where the Director refuses to issue a badge, the applicant may, within thirty days of notification of the decision, appeal in writing to the Chief Officer responsible for the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing, who may conduct such investigation, seek such opinions and do such other things as that Chief Officer considers necessary or expedient to assist that person in arriving at a decision.
Where the prescribed conditions are not met in the case of any person —
if that person applies to the Director for the issue of a badge under this section, the Director may by notice refuse the application; and
if that person holds a badge issued under this section by the Director, the Director may by notice require the return of the badge.
The conditions that may be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (9) are conditions relating to the misuse of badges under this section.
A notice under subsection (9) may be given by post.
A badge which is required to be returned to the Director shall not be displayed on a vehicle, and a badge which is required to be returned by virtue of a notice under subsection (9) shall be returned within the prescribed time and may not be displayed on any vehicle after that time.