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242Travelling in or on wheeled recreational device or toy on
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242 Travelling in or on wheeled recreational device or toy on footpath or shared path (1) A person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath or shared path must— (b) give way to any pedestrian (except a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy) who is on the footpath or shared path. shared path means an area open to the public (except a separated footpath) that is designated for, or has as 1 of its main uses, use by both the riders of bicycles and pedestrians, and includes a length of path for use by both bicycles and pedestrians beginning at a shared path sign or shared path road marking and ending at the nearest of the (a) an end shared path sign or end shared path road marking; (b) a no bicycles sign or no bicycles road marking; (c) a bicycle path sign or bicycle path road marking;
Division 14.2 Additional rules for people travelling in or on wheeled recreational (d) a road (except a road related area); (e) the end of the path. end shared path road marking means a shared path road marking with the word ‘end’. shared path road marking means a road marking consisting of a pedestrian symbol above a bicycle symbol.