Regulation 4 Electrically assisted pedal cycles , electric scooters being used in a trial and pedestrian controlled vehiclesF4

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The requirements specified in regulation 4 of the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles Regulations 1983 M1 are hereby prescribed as requirements for the purposes of paragraph 2A of Schedule 2 to the 1994 Act (electrically assisted pedal cycles exempt vehicles if of a class complying with prescribed requirements).

(2)

Nothing in the following provisions of these Regulations applies to a vehicle which is an electrically assisted pedal cycle or pedestrian controlled vehicle.

F1(2A)

With the exception of regulation 33(1) and (1A), nothing in the following provisions of these Regulations applies to an electric scooter being used in a trial.

(3)

In this regulation—

(a)

“electrically assisted pedal cycle” means a vehicle which, by virtue of paragraph (1), is an electrically assisted pedal cycle for the purposes of paragraph 2A of Schedule 2 to the 1994 Act; ~~F2and~~

(b)

“pedestrian controlled vehicle” means a vehicle with three or more wheels which does not exceed 450 kgs in weight unladen and which is neither constructed nor adapted for use nor used for the carriage of a driver or passenger.F3; and

(c)

“electric scooter” and “trial” have the meanings given in regulation 33(1A)

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 4(2A) inserted (E.W.S.) (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 2(2)(b)
F2: Word in reg. 4(3) omitted (E.W.S.) (4.7.2020) by virtue of The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 2(2)(c)(i)
F3: Reg. 4(3)(c) and preceding word inserted (E.W.S.) (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 2(2)(c)(ii)
F4: Words in reg. 4 heading inserted (E.W.S.) (4.7.2020) by The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (S.I. 2020/663), Pt. 1 reg. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1983/1168.