Road Traffic Act 1988

23Restriction of carriage of persons on motor cycles

(1)Not more than one person in addition to the driver may be carried on a two-wheeled motor cycle.

(2)No person in addition to the driver may be carried on a two-wheeled motor cycle otherwise than sitting astride the motor cycle and on a proper seat securely fixed to the motor cycle behind the driver’s seat.

(3)If a person is carried on a motor cycle in contravention of this section, the driver of the motor cycle is guilty of an offence.