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	Where to get information and help to Road Tax your Class 3 Scooter
	Your guide to buying a scooter or powered wheelchair from Radar Select this link to take you a Pdf document on the subject Or This Select this link to take you to the Radar Website
	The Highway Code for Scooters and Power Wheelchairs 36-46: Rules for users of powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters
	If you’re a disabled person you may be exempt from paying vehicle excise duty (vehicle tax) if you are in receipt of the higher rate of mobility of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA), War Pensioners Mobility Supplement (WPMS) or have an invalid carriage.
	Mobility scooters - what you need to know I have updated this page . I have found that some Mobility Scooter retailers are selling Scooters that can do more than 8 miles per hour so I emailed the DVLA to get information on this and I have included this in this page plus some other information I have found that may be helpfully.
	EU Scooter tax alert
	Where can I get further advice about the use of invalid carriages? Useful information can be found at: Department of Transport at www.dft.gov.uk . www.Motoring Directgov http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/invalid_vehicles.aspx?ext=dg Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 - Guidance The Below links are to PDF file on this website, but the below and more can be found on the above links: A Survey of Occupied Wheelchairs and Scooters 2005 Carriage of Mobility Scooters on Public Transport - Code of practice for Class 3 vehicle users http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/tipws/ codeofpracticeforclass3vehic6165 Insurance Firms Offering Insurance for Wheelchairs or Scooters Review of Class 2 and Class 3 Powered Wheelchairs and Powered Scooters (Invalid Carriages) Final Report on Stage 1 Review of Class 2 and Class 3 Powered Wheelchairs and Powered Scooters (Invalid Carriages)2 Final Report on Stage 2 The below was added here 15/11/2011 I check to see if there was any update since the reports were done but I can`t seem to find any. Final Report Review of Class 2 and Class 3 Powered Wheelchairs and Powered Scooters (Invalid Carriages). Department of Transports Home page of the above Reviews "Click Here" Carriage of Mobility Scooters on Public Transport - Feasibility Study (goes to Department of Transports website)
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Carriage of Mobility Scooters on Public Transport - Feasibility Study (goes to Department of Transports website)