Blue Badge - Reduced Tax???

pogofish

BobQ wrote: »

The Blue Badge Scheme does not apply in off road places but the owners of the carpark (such as a supermarket) can make possession of a blue badge a condition of using the disabled bays and can exclude those who abuse it from using the carpark.

No, they can't - Its the Equality Act that applies here and EHRC for England and Scotland have already ruled that requiring a BB for private parking is a breach. Chapter and Verse is in the Parking Forum.

pogofish

BobQ wrote: »

There is a discussion paper on the Parliamentary website that briefs MPs on the BB scheme. As I recall what it says is that while the BB Scheme is not applicable to a private car park, the owner can if they wish come to an agreement to allow the local authority to take action against the transgressor on private property. Apparently the law already allows this to happen.

Nope - That bill is still less than halfway through the legislative process:

http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/disabledpersonsparkingbadges.html

And it looks very similar to the DPPPA enacted in Scotland a few years back. Which has turned out to be dead duck as far as private parking is concerned. The PPCs/Site owners clearly see no advantage in giving-up income by granting wayleave for councils to patrol and enforce in their car parks and so far the only DPPPA-related TROs and compliant spaces have been established in the residential context. Retail/other purpose DPPPA spaces are like Hen's Teeth with maybe only one small shop car park in Falkirk having sought the appropriate TRO.

BobQ

pogofish wrote: »

Nope - That bill is still less than halfway through the legislative process:

http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/disabledpersonsparkingbadges.html

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I cannot see how the status of the Bill is relevant. I ws referring to a 2012 briefing note that cites evidence of the D for T legal advice in 2001 that the law enables a private car
park owner to agree this with a LA. I cannot see why they would quote the advice if if it was not still valid based on the present law.

I never said that car park owners and LAs were doing this only that it appears that legal advice is that the can do so.

I take it from your link that the present Bill does not address private car parks at all?