Clause 4

by inserting, immediately after the word “ride” in subsection (1), the words “or drive”;

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (1)(b);

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)a non‑compliant mobility vehicle,”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) Subject to this Act, an individual must not, without reasonable excuse, drive on a public path that is a pedestrian‑only path, a non‑compliant mobility vehicle knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) is non‑compliant.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (2), the words “or (1A)”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) Despite subsections (1) and (1A), where any requirement is prescribed in regulations as to construction, weight or accessories for any bicycle, PAB, personal mobility device, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair, an individual may, if a grace period is prescribed, ride or drive on a public path during the grace period a bicycle, PAB, personal mobility device, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be), the riding or driving of which is otherwise unlawful under this section by virtue only of that requirement, if the individual proves, on a balance of probabilities, that the bicycle, PAB, personal mobility device, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) was sold before the date mentioned in subsection (4)(a).(4) A grace period, for any requirement prescribed in regulations as to the construction, weight or accessories for any bicycle, PAB, personal mobility device, mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair, means a period —

starting on the date the requirement in those regulations comes into force; and

prescribed in those regulations for the purpose of subsection (3).”.