Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994

Electrically propelled vehicles

1(1)An electrically propelled vehicle is an exempt vehicle.

(2)A vehicle is not an electrically propelled vehicle for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) unless the electrical motive power is derived from—

(a)a source external to the vehicle, or

(b)an electrical storage battery which is not connected to any source of power when the vehicle is in motion.