On 15/03/2015 00:20, wrote:

On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 4:44:44 PM UTC, Judith wrote:

If Parliament had wanted to permit one class of cyclists to use the pavements
then they would have made it clear in the law.

Are you claiming that parliament has not made it clear that a person under 10 is not committing a criminal offence by cycling on the pavement?

Parliament has not made it clear that a person (aged) under 10 is not
committing a criminal offence by cycling on the pavement.

That is because it is an offence to cycle on (ie, along) the footway.

The fact that someone aged under 10 may be treated as being below the
age of criminal responsibility:

(a) does not mean that anything they do cannot be a crime (see below) and
(b) does not mean that their parent or guardian is not liable at law for
any damage or injury caused (just as the owner of an animal would be
liable).

I assume (and I am being charitable here) that even you would not claim
that it is alright for a 9-yr-old with a gun to shoot people (because he
is "a person under 10 is not committing a criminal offence by killing
another person".