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Belfast Live
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Shauna Corr

Police in Northern Ireland to "increase their response" to illegal e-scooter use in public

It is still illegal to use electric scooters on public roads and in all public spaces across Northern Ireland.

A change unveiled in the Queen's speech allowing people with their own electric scooters to ride them legally on public roads as part of a new Westminster Transport Bill does not include Northern Ireland.

The Department for Infrastructure, which oversees regulation around e-scooters in NI, says it falls to the PSNI to enforce the rules.

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