While cyclists and horse riders and mobility scooter users are unlikely to have been worried about being pulled up by the local bobby for using the promenade, they will soon no longer be outlaws in the eyes of the law at all if the repeal goes ahead.
However, hawkers, beggars, people with barking dogs, those with a tendency to put up tents, uproot flower beds, or indeed sound noisy trumpets should be warned that they could still find themselves on the wrong side of the Public Order Act, The Highways Act and various other existing national laws.
Council documents on the planned changes explain that carpet beating is not an offence under any other law, and that the rule is now “obsolete” anyway.
And there is no longer a need to ban men and women from using each other’s conveniences, as there are no longer any public toilets left along the route.
A consultation on the repeal of the byelaws runs until 22 September.