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Scotland agrees to tougher Blue Badge enforcement

Patrick McDonnell
30 August 2014
 

A new law to crack down on the misuse of disabled parking spaces in Scotland has been passed by MSPs. The Disabled Persons Parking Badges (Scotland) Bill gives extra powers to the police and local authorities to seize misused Blue Badges. 

A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: “The Bill will strengthen the enforcement powers of the Blue Badge scheme, including powers to cancel and confiscate badges in certain circumstances. It introduces a new offence of using a cancelled badge...

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