Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974

Provisions relating to regulation of traffic on, and use of motorways.

9.—(1) The Minister may prescribe the classes of mechanically propelled vehicles which may use a motorway and different classes of mechanically propelled vehicles may be prescribed in relation to different motorways or different parts of a motorway.

(2) Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and persons driving mechanically propelled vehicles of a class other than a class prescribed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not use a motorway, and persons in charge of, or having control over, animals shall not permit them to be on a motorway.

(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.