288Driving on path

288 Driving on path (1) A driver (except the rider of a bicycle) must not drive on a path unless subsection (2) or (3) applies to the driver. (2) A driver may drive on a path if the driver is— (a) driving on a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or

(b) driving on the path to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive. (3) A driver may drive a motorised wheelchair on a path if— (a) the unladen mass of the wheelchair is not over 150kg; and (b) the wheelchair is not travelling over 10km/h; and (c) because of the driver’s physical condition, the driver has a reasonable need to use a wheelchair. (4) A driver on a path (except the rider of a bicycle, or a driver driving on the path to enter a road from a road related area or adjacent land, or to enter a road related area or adjacent land from a road) must give way to all other road users, and to animals, on the path. (5) This section does not apply to the rider of an animal riding the animal on a footpath. (5A) This section does not apply to the rider of a motorbike (with or without a trailer attached) that is a postal vehicle if— (a) the rider gives way to pedestrians and other vehicles and takes reasonable precautions to avoid collision or danger or obstruction to any person or thing on or next to the path; and (b) the rider does not exceed 10km/h; and (c) the motorbike has an engine capacity not exceeding 125cc. path means a bicycle path, footpath or shared path.