Part I Principal Road Safety Provisions

Cycling offences and cycle racing

32 Electrically assisted pedal cycles.

(1)

An electrically assisted pedal cycle of a class specified in regulations made for the purposes of section 189 of this Act and section 140 of the M1Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 shall not be driven on a road by a person under the age of fourteen.

(2)

A person who—

(a)

drives such a pedal cycle, or

(b)

knowing or suspecting that another person is under the age of fourteen, causes or permits him to drive such a pedal cycle,

in contravention of subsection (1) above is guilty of an offence.