6Driving and using off‑road vehicles, offences

6. Driving and using off‑road vehicles, offences

(1) A person must not drive or use an off‑road vehicle in any area to which this section applies otherwise than —

(a) on private land by consent; or

(b) on land comprised within a permitted area,

unless permitted to do so pursuant to section 8(4) or deemed to have been permitted to do so pursuant to subsection (5) of that section.

(2) A person must not drive or use any vehicle to which, or in the circumstances to which, a declaration made and published under section 16 applies on land comprised within a prohibited area to which the declaration relates unless permitted to do so pursuant to section 8(4).

(3) The provisions of subsection (2) apply notwithstanding that the driving or use of the vehicle on the land in question may have been authorised by the owner or occupier of that land.

(4) A person must not use or drive an off‑road vehicle on any land whether or not private land —

(a) in a manner which creates or causes any undue or excessive noise; or

(b) unless an efficient silencing device, so constructed that all exhaust from the engine is projected through the device in such a manner as effectively to prevent the creation of undue noise, is securely fitted to the engine; or

(c) unless it complies with such other requirements as to the control of noise as may be prescribed.

[Section 6 amended: No. 8 of 2025 s. 14 and 15.]