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'Disabled bay outside my house'.

You got it right first time.

This has NOTHING to do with permits. As the applicable traffic sign confirms, this is simply about a disabled bay.

Were you in contravention? yes.

Of what? Being parked in a disabled bay without displaying a ....in the prescribed manner'.

What is 'the prescribed manner'?

Manner in which a badge is to be displayed
12.  For the purposes of section 21(4A) of the 1970 Act a disabled person’s badge is displayed on a vehicle in the prescribed manner if–

(a)the badge is exhibited on the dashboard or facia of the vehicle, or

(b)where the vehicle is not fitted with a dashboard or facia, the badge is exhibited in a conspicuous position on the vehicle,

so that the front of the badge is clearly legible from the outside of the vehicle.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/682

The council is on a loser.

The contravention (the nonsense about permits) did not occur; there is NO provision within the law for virtual BB.

Quote from: zexx on November 06, 2025, 11:28:14 pm

With Motability you don't get the original log book, just vehicle information that's held by DVLA.

@zexx
Apologies for an off topic question, is this info a scan from a paper document or from a web site?
I've been trying to find a way to check the taxation class info for vehicles in the past and to date have never found the info available anywhere online so if this is from a web site do you have a link to it please?

That image is taken from a pdf of that I had to request from here https://www.motability.co.uk/get-support/during-your-lease/cars-wavs/request-your-v5c