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Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978

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14 Badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons.N.I.

(1)There shall be a badge of a prescribed form to be issued by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (in this section referred to as “the Department”) for motor vehicles driven by, or used for the carriage of, disabled persons; and—

(a)subject to the provisions of this section, the badge so issued for any vehicle or vehicles may be displayed on it or on any of them; and

(b)the Department may by regulations exempt vehicles displaying such badges from the requirements of orders, byelaws and regulations made, or having effect as if made, under [F1Article 21 or 107 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981].

(2)A badge may be issued to a disabled person of any prescribed description for one or more vehicles which he drives and, if so issued, may be displayed on it or any of them at times when he is the driver.

(3)In such cases as may be prescribed, a badge may be issued to a disabled person of any prescribed description for one or more vehicles used by him as a passenger and, if so issued, may be displayed on it or any of them at times when the vehicle is being used to carry him. A badge may be issued to the same person both under this subsection and under subsection (2) above.

(4)A badge may be issued to an institution concerned with the care of the disabled for any motor vehicle or, as the case may be, for each motor vehicle used by or on behalf of the institution to carry disabled persons of any prescribed description; and any badge so issued may be displayed on the vehicle for which it is issued at times when the vehicle is being so used.

(5)The Department shall maintain a register showing the holders of badges issued by it under this section, and the vehicle or vehicles for which each of the badges is held; and in the case of badges issued to disabled persons the register shall show whether they were, for any motor vehicle, issued under subsection (2) or under subsection (3) or both.

(6)A badge issued under this section shall remain the property of the Department, shall be issued for such period as may be prescribed, and shall be returned to the Department in such circumstances as may be prescribed.

(7)Anything which is under this section to be prescribed shall be prescribed by regulations made by the Department; and regulations so made may make provision—

(a)as to the cases in which the Department may refuse to issue badges, and as to the fee (if any) which the Department may charge for the issue or re-issue of a badge; and

(b)as to the continuing validity or effect of badges issued before the coming into force of this section in pursuance of any arrangements made by Health and Social Services Boards or the Department for the welfare of disabled persons; and

(c)as to any transitional matters, and in particular the application to badges issued under this section of orders, byelaws or regulations made, or having effect as if made, under the Road Traffic [F2(Northern Ireland) Order 1981] before the coming into force of this section and operating with reference to any such badges as are referred to in paragraph (b) above.

(8)In this section “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in [F3Article 2(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981].

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