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The Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
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Electrically assisted pedal cycle
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3.—(1) The class of electrically assisted pedal cycles prescribed for the purposes of Article 6(1) of the 1995 Order (certain vehicles not to be treated as motor vehicles) consists of vehicles with two or more wheels which comply with the requirements specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are that the vehicle shall—
(a)be fitted with pedals by means of which it is capable of being propelled; and
(b)be fitted with no motor other than an electric motor which—
(i)has a maximum continuous rated power which does not exceed 250 watts; and
(ii)cannot propel the vehicle when it is travelling at more than 15.5 miles per hour.
(3) In this regulation and in regulation 4 “maximum continuous rated power” has the same meaning as in Regulation (EU) No 168/2013.
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), maximum continuous rated power may be determined in accordance with—
(a)any relevant standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey;
(b)any relevant international standard recognised for use in any EEA State or the Republic of Turkey; or
(c)any relevant technical regulation with mandatory or de facto mandatory application for marketing or use in any EEA State or in the Republic of Turkey,
in so far as the standard, code of practice or technical regulation in question enables maximum continuous rated power to be determined in a manner equivalent to that prescribed by Regulation (EU) No 168/2013.
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