228NSW Rule: pedestrians on electric skateboards

228 NSW Rule: pedestrians on electric skateboards

228–1 NSW Rule: pedestrians on electric skateboards

(1) For these Rules, a person driving an electric skateboard is taken to be a pedestrian if—

(a) the person has a disability that impairs the person’s mobility and the electric skateboard is used solely for the conveyance of the person, and

(b) the person—

(i) is carrying a medical certificate or a health practitioner certificate stating that the person is able to use the device as a mobility aid, and

(ii) immediately produces the certificate if an authorised person asks to see the certificate, and

(c) the electric skateboard is not driven at a speed of more than 10 kilometres per hour.

(2) In this rule—

health practitioner means a physiotherapist or an occupational therapist.

health practitioner certificate means a certificate that—

(a) is signed by a health practitioner, and

(b) states a date of issue.

Note—

This rule is an additional NSW rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules.

rule 228–1: Ins 2023 (74), Sch 1[10].