Highway Act 1835 - Section 72

Section 72

All clauses with the exception of section 72 have subsequently been repealed or replaced with legislation contained within later acts with the exception of Section 72 which reads: "If any person shall wilfully ride upon any footpath or causeway by the side of any road made or set apart for the use or accommodation of foot passengers; or shall wilfully lead or drive any horse, ass, sheep, mule, swine, or cattle or carriage of any description, or any truck or sledge, upon any such footpath or causeway; or shall tether any horse, ass, mule, swine, or cattle, on any highway, so as to suffer or permit the tethered animal to be thereon."

This clause is referred to by the current Highway Code:

• Rule 62: (use of cycle tracks).
• Rule 64: "You MUST NOT cycle on a pavement."
• Rule 145: "You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency." (The offence of driving on a bridleway is covered by a later act)
• Rule 157: (The Department for Transport cited this section in 2006 when it ruled that Segways could not be legally used on pavements in the United Kingdom.)