Cap. 560 Art. 16Further provisions in relation to offences. disabilities. A. The with disabilities - - B. The wheelchair-user C. The exception of the reverse. D. The two parts on both The left-hand - the - the date - the serial - the and the The right-hand - in bold the language(s) words 'Parking European Unio
(1) In the cases referred to in article 15(1)(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) criminal intent shall be presumed, unless the accused proves that he has acted without such intent.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-article (1), whenever a person is convicted in relation to the provisions of article 15, the person shall also be liable for traffic offences.
(3) A holder shall be warned that the Blue Badge shall be withdrawn after receiving a conviction for misusing or allowing the
(5) Police officers and community officers shall have the power to inspect Blue Badges, and failure to produce a valid Blue Badge without a reasonable justification when asked to by any police officer or community officer shall amount to a criminal offence.
(6) Only Police officers shall have the power to seize a Blue Badge where it is required as evidence in a criminal prosecution.
overall dimensions of the Community-model parking card for people shall be:
height: 106 mm, width: 148 mm. colour of the parking card shall be light blue, except for the white symbol, which shall have a dark blue background. parking card for people with disabilities shall be plastic-coated, with the space reserved for the holder's signature on the left-hand side of the parking card for people with disabilities shall be divided vertically into the front and reverse.
side of the front shall contain: wheel-chair user symbol in white on a dark blue background, of expiry of the parking card, number of the parking card, signature of the Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disability designation of the signatory. side of the front shall contain: type letters, the words 'Parking card for people with disabilities' in of the Member State issuing the card; after a suitable space, the card' shall appear in small type in the other languages of the words 'EUROPEAN COMMUNITY MODEL' in the language(s) of the issuing the card, background, the distinguishing code of the Member State issuing the side of the reverse shall contain: holder's surname; holder's forename(s);
holder's signature or other authorised mark, if allowed under national holder's photograph. side of the reverse shall contain: statement:
Badge gives the right to the holder to park in disabled parking spaces'; statement: used by the holder'; 'If a vehicle not displaying a Blue Badge is parked in a disabled parking can call the Police on 119'; 5. the statement:
'If you find this Blue Badge and do not own it, please take it to a E. With the exception of the right-hand side of the front, entries in the language(s) of the Member State issuing the parking card.
SCHEDULE II LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES WHERE MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF BLUE BADGES EXISTS Blue Badges to be used within the territory of the Republic of issued in Malta or a Member State of the European Union or European Economic Area: provided that a State of the European means Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom Switzerland: Provided that further to the provisions of the Resolution no. 97/4 Recognition of Parking Badges for Persons with Mobility Handicaps European Conference of Ministers of Transport in Berlin on 21 - 22 mutual recognition is also given to Blue Badges issued in Australia, South Korea, New Zealand and the United States.
SCHEDULE III FACSIMILE OF A BLUE BADGE may only be used in accordance with article 8 of this Act. breach of the provisions of this Act shall result in the consequences laid