1 Regulations

(1) The Secretary of State must, within three months of the passing of this Act, lay
draft regulations to create new offences of causing death or serious injury
through dangerous or reckless cycling and to make provision regarding
5minimum sentencing and fines for those convicted of such offences.

(2) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument and may
not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved
by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

2 Amendment of Road Traffic Act 1988

(1) 10The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) The existing subsection of section 1 becomes subsection (1) and after it is
added—

“(2) A person who causes the death of another person by riding a pedal
cycle dangerously on a road or other public place is guilty of an
15offence.”

(3) The existing subsection of section 2B becomes subsection (1) and after it is
added—

“(2) A person who causes the death of another person by riding a pedal
cycle on a road or other public place without due care and attention, or
20without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road or
place, is guilty of an offence.”

(4) In this Act “pedal cycle” has the same meaning as in the Pedal Cycles
(Construction and Use) Regulations 1983 (S.I. 1983/1176S.I. 1983/1176).

3 Offence

(1) A person who acts in contravention of regulations made under section 1
5commits an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Act is liable—

(a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14
years, an unlimited fine, or both or,

(b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
1014 years, an unlimited fine, or both.

4 Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Dangerous and Reckless Cycling (Offences) Act
2012.

(2) This Act comes into force on the day after the day on which it is passed.

(3) 15This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.