Guidance
Powered transporters
The law on using lightweight transport vehicles which transport one person.
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Information sheet providing guidance to help retailers, manufacturers, importers and dealers understand the law on novel lightweight transport devices used to transport a single person (powered transporters).
Powered transporters include devices such as:
- electric scooters
- hoverboards
- U-wheels
- powered mini scooters (go-peds)
- powered unicycles
Updates to this page
Published 10 December 2015
Last updated 13 July 2020
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Added reference to new e-scooter trials and a link to user guidance.
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Contact email address changed to micromobility@dft.gov.uk.
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Guidance updated.
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First published.