Part I Principal Road Safety Provisions

Other restrictions in interests of safety

24 Restriction of carriage of persons on bicycles.

(1)

Not more than one person may be carried on a road on a bicycle not propelled by mechanical power unless it is constructed or adapted for the carriage of more than one person.

(2)

In this section—

(a)

references to a person carried on a bicycle include references to a person riding the bicycle, and

(b)

road” includes bridleway.

(3)

If a person is carried on a bicycle in contravention of subsection (1) above, each of the persons carried is guilty of an offence.