Debate contribution: Electric Bikes, Scramblers and Scooters: Seizure and Storage
Debate contribution by Mrs Naomi Long on .
- MLA
- Mrs Naomi Long
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 30 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Electric Bikes, Scramblers and Scooters: Seizure and Storage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5653246
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We have had conversations with the PSNI, particularly in light of the cross-party amendment that was brought to the Justice Bill and, thankfully, was passed and will become law. It is useful that the Member's party colleague and my party colleague, under the leadership of Mr McGlone, were able to bring that forward as successfully as they did. The PSNI would welcome the ability to be able to seize those vehicles, where they are being used to create nuisance. At the moment, the challenge for the PSNI is that, whilst it has powers of seizure, it must, on the first occasion, issue a warning. Having to have contact with those who are doing it for a second time creates genuine problems in being able to nip the activity in the bud. What we have proposed by way of an amendment to the Justice Bill, which will allow the PSNI to seize the scooters at the first contact, will be a strong deterrent not only for the young people and the nuisance behaviour but, potentially, for the parents who will have to pay to replace the scooters.
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