The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1971
This Order brings into operation on 1st December 1971 section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. Section 21 provides for the issue by certain local authorities of badges for display on motor vehicles used by disabled persons and for the maintenance by those authorities of a register showing to whom the badges are issued. The section also enables the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Scotland and for Wales to make regulations inter alia as to the form of the badges, the disabled persons to or for whom they may be issued, the amount of the fee (if any) which may be charged for the badges and the continuing validity of badges issued in pursuance of schemes under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29).