Overview
- Grace’s Law, signed this week, took effect Friday, making it illegal to ride scrambler and quad bikes in any public place in Ireland.
- The regulations create a clear legal definition of scramblers and let gardaí seize them without first proving dangerous use.
- Public riding is now banned, while use remains allowed on private land with the owner’s written consent or at designated sports facilities, and bikes must be transported to and from those sites.
- Officials said the change closes a gap in earlier law that already outlawed dangerous riding anywhere, so the mere act of public use now counts as an offence.
- Grace Lynch’s parents welcomed the law but want firm enforcement, age limits, and vendor and parental fines, as ministers address a recent court outcome that they say has discouraged police pursuits and move to raise post‑seizure release fees.