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Active Mobility Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Administration and Enforcement

58B. Court may order undergoing course

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Last amended by an amending law of 2026. 2 amendments in all.

(1)

Where —

(a)

an individual (called in this section the offender), is convicted of an offence in Division 2 or 2A of Part 3;

(b)

at the time of the commission of the offence, the offender was the driver of a mechanised sweeper, the rider of a bicycle, personal mobility device or PAB, or the driver or rider of a mobility vehicle; and

(c)

the court convicting the offender of the offence is, having regard to the circumstances of the commission of the offence and the character and conduct of the offender, of the opinion that to prevent another commission of an offence under Part 3, the offender should undergo training on safe driving or riding on public paths,the court may, in addition to imposing on the offender the punishment provided for the offence under this Act, make an order requiring him or her to attend and complete, at the offender’s own expense, a course designed to increase knowledge of, and to encourage, safe driving and riding behaviour on public paths as the court specifies.

(2)

An offender may appeal against an order of a court under subsection (1) in the same manner as against a conviction, and the court may if it thinks fit, pending the appeal, suspend the operation of the order.

Terms defined in s 2

bicycle
Defined · s 2
“bicycle” means a vehicle that —(a)has 2 wheels held one behind the other in a frame;(b)is steered by handlebars attached to the front wheel;(c)has pedals; and(d)is built to be propelled solely by human power;
Open s 2
driver
Defined · s 2
“driver” means a driver of a vehicle and includes a rider, but does not include an individual who is walking and pushing a mobility vehicle;
Open s 2
driving
Defined · s 2
“driving” includes a reference to riding;
Open s 2
mechanised sweeper
Defined · s 2
“mechanised sweeper” means a motor vehicle that —(a)is designed or adapted for the purpose of sweeping or cleansing paths, the collection or disposal of refuse on paths or of the contents of gullies on paths; and(b)is incapable by reason of its construction of driving itself and of reaching a prescribed speed on the level under its own power;
Open s 2
mobility vehicle
Defined · s 2
“mobility vehicle” means —(a)a mobility scooter;(b)a motorised wheelchair; or(c)any other motor vehicle designed to carry an individual who is unable to walk or has difficulty in walking and prescribed for the purpose of this definition;
Open s 2
PAB
Defined · s 2
“power‑assisted bicycle” or “PAB” means a bicycle that —(a)is equipped with an electric motor; and(b)may be propelled by human power or by the electric motor with which it is equipped, or by both;
Open s 2
personal mobility device
Defined · s 2
“personal mobility device” or “PMD” means a wheeled vehicle that —(a)is built to transport people only (with or without carry‑on baggage); and(b)is propelled by an electric motor attached to the vehicle or by human power or both,and includes a skateboard, but does not include a bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle, motor car, mobility vehicle, non-motorised wheelchair, pram, stroller or trolley, inline skates, roller‑skates or a wheeled toy, and such other vehicle as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, exclude from this definition;
Open s 2
rider
Defined · s 2
“rider” means an individual who is riding a bicycle, PAB, personal mobility device or mobility vehicle, but does not include an individual walking beside and pushing any of these vehicles;
Open s 2
riding
Defined · s 2
“ride” or “riding”, only in relation to a motor vehicle that drives itself, means —(a)cause or causing the vehicle to operate and move; or(b)initiate or initiating the operation and movement of the vehicle without the need for anyone to operate or permit the operation of systems that cause the vehicle to move;
Open s 2

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