Electric Bicycles: Regulation
Commons · Question 74622 · Tabled 3 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the enforcement of existing regulations on e-bike use.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 8 Sep 2025
A modified e-cycle is only road-legal where it complies in full with the requirements set out in the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983. Where this is not the case, the e-cycle is classed as a motor vehicle and needs to be approved and reg...