Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

(1) A person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath or shared path must:

(a) keep to the left of the footpath or shared path unless it is impracticable to do so; and

(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.

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Footpath is defined in the dictionary.

2 For this rule, give way means the person must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision – see the definition in the dictionary.

3 Bicycle riders on footpaths and shared paths must give way to persons travelling in or on wheeled recreational devices or toys, as well as other pedestrians – see rule 250 (2).

4 Another law of this jurisdiction may prescribe give way rules for persons travelling in or on wheeled recreational devices or toys.

(2) A shared path is an area open to the public (except a separated footpath) that is designated for, or has as one 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:

Note

Bicycle and no bicycles road marking are defined in the dictionary, road-related area is defined in rule 13, and bicycle path road marking and separated footpath is defined in rule 239.

Note for diagrams

There are a number of other permitted versions of the bicycle path sign, and another permitted version of each of the other signs – see the diagrams in Schedule 3.

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.