From: nix@genie.co.uk 
  
 On 08/08/2025 11:35, Jethro_uk wrote: 
 > On Thu, 07 Aug 2025 20:37:27 +0000, Roger Hayter wrote: 
 > 
 >> Glad to be corrected! So powered wheel chairs are motor vehicles. Do you 
 >> know where offences for misusing them are found? I also note that using 
 >> a mobility scooter when you are not disabled is (with exceptions) also 
 >> illegal. This offence must be found somewhere. 
 > 
 > Is it ? 
  
   On a road without approval registration etc. 
  
 > Who determines "disabled" then ? (A protected characteristic, I note). 
 > 
  
 "The conditions in accordance with which an invalid carriage must be used, 
 in order that the modifications of the statutory provisions mentioned in 
 subsection (1) of section 20 of the 1970 Act shall have effect in the case 
 of the invalid carriage (being modifications of certain statutory 
 provisions which relate to the use of vehicles on footways and roads) shall 
 be€€€ 
  
 (a)in the case of Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 invalid carriages that the 
 invalid carriage must be used€€€ 
  
 (i)by a person falling within a class of persons for whose use it was 
 constructed or adapted, being a person suffering from some physical defect 
 or physical disability;" 
  
 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2268/regulation/4 
  
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