Road Amendment (Bicycles on Footpaths) Rule 2018 (NSW)

New South Wales

Road Amendment (Bicycles on Footpaths)

Rule 2018

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Rule under the Road Transport Act 2013.

STUART AYRES, MP

Acting Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight

Explanatory note

The object of this Rule is to raise the age at which a child is required to ride on the road, and not on the footpath, from 12 years to 16 years.

This Rule is made under the Road Transport Act 2013, including section 23 (the general statutory rule-making power).

Road Amendment (Bicycles on Footpaths) Rule 2018 [NSW]

Road Amendment (Bicycles on Footpaths) Rule 2018

under the

Road Transport Act 2013

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the Road Amendment (Bicycles on Footpaths) Rule 2018.

2      Commencement

This Rule commences on 23 July 2018 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Road Rules 2014

(1) Rule 250 Riding on a footpath or shared path

Omit “12 years” wherever occurring in rule 250 (1), excluding the notes.

Insert instead “16 years”.

(2)	Rule 250 (1), note 3
Omit “12 years”. Insert instead “16 years”.
(3)	Rule 250–1 NSW rule: children under 16 years not to ride on certain footpaths
Omit “12 years” wherever occurring. Insert instead “16 years”.
(4)	Rule 250–1 (1A)
Insert after rule 250–1 (1):

(1A)	An order made under this rule in force immediately before 23 July 2018
that declares an area to be an area in which riding on footpaths by
children under 12 years of age is prohibited is taken, on 23 July 2018,
to have declared the area to be an area in which riding on footpaths by children under 16 years of age is prohibited.