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Motability Carers Information Guide

Carers Guide

If you care for a child or someone who doesn’t drive, you can be added as a named driver instead.

If anyone in your household is in receipt of a higher rate mobility allowance such as DLA or PIP, they can exchange this to lease a car or scooter. As a carer, you may be able to do this on their behalf—for example, as a parent of a disabled child. There are three ways carers can help: as a named driver, appointee or nominee.

Named driver

Some Scheme customers don’t drive or simply choose to have their spouses or friends as named drivers for convenience, so they can take a break from driving once in a while! Up to three named drivers are included as part of the lease.

There are a few rules about who can drive a Scheme car to bear in mind, such as the ages of the drivers, how far away they live from the customer and they must not have any serious driving convictions, disqualifications or endorsements within the last five years.

In terms of how named drivers should use the car, it must be for the benefit of the disabled customer, but this does not mean that they need to be in the car for every journey — the car can be used for shopping and other routine activities that supports the household.

Appointee

Appointees are solely responsible for collecting benefits for the disabled person, as well as deciding how they are used. The appointee is often a family member and may be needed in situations such as with disabled people under 16 years old, or those who are severely disabled.

An appointee can apply to join the Motability Scheme on a disabled person’s behalf and will then be legally responsible for the lease agreement. It’s the appointee’s responsibility to ensure that the Scheme car is used for the right purpose and that the disabled person has full access to it.

Nominee

A nominee is one or more persons nominated to act on behalf of the customer. Nominees can make minor changes to customer details, such as changing the address, but they are not legally responsible for the lease in the same way an appointee is.

A Motability Scheme customer’s agreement will never be discussed with anyone else unless they have an appointee or a nominee who is named on the lease agreement. If the customer has a progressive condition which may eventually mean they are less able to deal with their own affairs, they may wish to assign an appointee or nominee to act on their behalf.

How to find us

Our showroom is located at the address below which is just off Junction 14 on the M1 Motorway at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.

 

 

We have accessible drop-off points at the main doors and numerous disabled parking spaces and accessibility features within every showroom.

Call us today on 028 8772 3376 to book an appointment with one of our Motability Specialists or call in for a chat.

Saltmarine Cars
Tamnamore Road
Dungannon
Co. Tyrone
BT71 6HW

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