Electric Bicycles: Regulation

(asked on 29th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate importers and retailers of electric bicycles which do not comply with the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles Regulations 1983 (SI 1983/1168).


Answered by
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 7th July 2026

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) monitors the market for non-compliant or misleadingly marketed e-bikes and other vehicles. Where issues are identified, MSU can take proportionate action in line with its statutory remit.

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