# Road Traffic Act 1988, Section 24: Restriction of carriage of persons on bicycles.


(1) Not more than one person may be carried on a road on a bicycle not propelled by mechanical power unless it is constructed or adapted for the carriage of more than one person.
(2) In this section—
(a) references to a person carried on a bicycle include references to a person riding the bicycle, and
(b) “road” includes bridleway.
(3) If a person is carried on a bicycle in contravention of subsection (1) above, each of the persons carried is guilty of an offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-24
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