sec.242Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy on a footpath or shared path

sec.242 Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy on a footpath or shared path

Subject to subsection (1A) , a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath or shared path must— keep to the left of the footpath or shared path unless it is impracticable to do so; and 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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath if a local law prohibits the travelling. A shared path is 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 following— an end shared path sign or end shared path road marking; a no bicycles sign or no bicycles road marking; a bicycle path sign or bicycle path road marking; a road (except a road-related area); the end of the path. In this section— end shared path road marking means a shared path road marking that includes the word ‘end’. shared path road marking means a road marking consisting of a pedestrian symbol above a bicycle symbol. s 242 amd 2013 SL No. 150 s 14 ; 2022 SL No. 142 s 68 (sec.242-ssec.1) Subject to subsection (1A) , a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath or shared path must— keep to the left of the footpath or shared path unless it is impracticable to do so; and 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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.242-ssec.1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath if a local law prohibits the travelling. (sec.242-ssec.2) A shared path is 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 following— an end shared path sign or end shared path road marking; a no bicycles sign or no bicycles road marking; a bicycle path sign or bicycle path road marking; a road (except a road-related area); the end of the path. (sec.242-ssec.3) In this section— end shared path road marking means a shared path road marking that includes the word ‘end’. shared path road marking means a road marking consisting of a pedestrian symbol above a bicycle symbol.