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       #Post#: 102439--------------------------------------------------
       PCN parked in a space for electric vehicles
       By: Korting Date: December 14, 2025, 5:52 pm
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       Posting for a friend who is severely ill!
       He parked his car (non electric) in an electric only bay
       displaying his disabled badge but got a PCN for parking in the
       Electric cars only bay.
       Is this correct?  I thought disabled badges can be used in any
       parking bay.
       Thanks
       #Post#: 102702--------------------------------------------------
       Re: PCN parked in a space for electric vehicles
       By: ivanleo Date: December 16, 2025, 2:05 pm
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       [quote author=Korting link=topic=9148.msg102439#msg102439
       date=1765756342]
       Is this correct?  I thought disabled badges can be used in any
       parking bay.
       [/quote]
       No, for instance you cannot park a car with a blue badge in a
       motorcycle bay or a bay for buses only, regulation 6 of The
       Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Exemptions for Disabled
       Persons) (England) Regulations 2000
  HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/683/regulation/6/made<br
       />says (my bold):
       [indent]
       6.—(1) The following provisions of these Regulations have effect
       for requiring local authorities to include, in orders to which
       these Regulations apply, exemptions in favour of a vehicle
       displaying a disabled person’s badge.
       (2) Any exemption from a provision which these Regulations
       require to be included in an order may be limited to vehicles of
       the same class as those to which the provision applies.
       [/indent]
       I couldn't tell you off the top of my head whether an electric
       vehicle is a "class" within the meaning of the legislation, but
       I suspect it probably is. We obviously don't know what the
       traffic order says, but given the wording in 6(2) it is entirely
       possible that the traffic order prohibits blue badge holders
       from parking non-electric vehicles in the bay.
       What is rather curious is that, on the face of it, a blue badge
       holder could park an electric vehicle in an electric vehicle
       charging bay without actually charging and without time limit,
       or at least that appears to be the case given the regulations do
       not appear to have ever been amended.
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