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Blue Badge Parking Scheme
Misuse of the Blue
Badge
We can take away a badge if the badge
holder misuses it - for example, by allowing other people to use it
or if a person's disability improves so that they are no longer
eligible for the scheme.
| If you are a Blue Badge holder, it can only be used for
your benefit. If a trip is for someone else and you are a passenger
and staying in the vehicle, you cannot use the badge simply to let
them benefit from free parking.
Blue Badges need to be properly issued and
displayed. It is an offence if a badge is not removed from a
vehicle and people other than the badge holder take advantage of
the parking concessions under the scheme.
Misuse of the badge by a non-disabled person is an
offence. The maximum fine if someone is convicted is £1,000 plus
any additional penalty for the related parking offence.
Non-payment of Penalty Charge Notices
A significant number of Blue Badge holders who are issued with
Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for parking and traffic infringements
do not pay them. In accordance with London-wide policy, vehicles
with three or more unpaid PCNs, (which have progressed beyond the
appeal stage) are classed as 'persistent evaders'.
Vehicles found infringing parking or traffic regulations within
Newham will be impounded and removal fees will be incurred in
addition to the PCN charge. |