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Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 1307
Road Traffic, England
The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Made
23rd May 2011
Laid before Parliament
26th May 2011
Coming into force
17th June 2011
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 17th June 2011.
Amendment of Regulations
2. —(1)The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000( 3 ) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) in paragraph (1) in the definition of “disabled person” omit “more than 2 years old and”.
(3) In regulation 4 (descriptions of disabled persons)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “2” substitute “3”; and
(b) after paragraph (2)(d) insert—
“ (dd) has—
(i) received a lump sum benefit under article 15(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 ( 4 ) within tariff levels 1 to 8 (inclusive); and
(ii) been certified by the Secretary of State as having a permanent and substantial disability which causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking; ” .
(4) In regulation 6 (fee for issue and period of issue of a badge) in paragraph (2)(a) for “second” substitute “third”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Norman Baker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
23rd May 2011
1970 c.44 ; section 21 was amended by section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40) .
See S.I. 1970/1681 , 1979/571 and 1981/238 .
S.I. 2000/682 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2000/1507 and S.I. 2007/2531 .