Road Traffic Act 1961
Prohibition of unauthorised holding or getting on to vehicles.
99.—(1) A person shall not hold on to, or get on or in to, a moving vehicle in a public place.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Where a person is charged with an offence under this section, it shall be a good defence to the charge for him to show that there was lawful authority for the act complained of or that otherwise there was reasonable cause therefor.
Annotations
Amendments:
F255
Substituted by Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (16/2023), s. 22(a), not commenced as of date of revision.
F256
Inserted by Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (16/2023), s. 22(b), not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C87
Prospective affecting provision: subs. (1) amended and subs. (1A) inserted by Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 (16/2023), s. 22(a), (b), not commenced as of date of revision.
99.—(1) F255[Subject to subsection (1A), a person] shall not hold on to, or get on or in to, a moving vehicle in a public place.
F256[(1A) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who holds on to a moving vehicle in a public place for the purposes of driving it.]