AQW 42187/22-27

Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 10/03/2026
Answered On Date: 18/03/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail how her Department regulates the safe manufacturing and make-up of electric vehicles in Northern Ireland.

Answer:

Vehicle manufacturing standards including electric vehicles are governed by vehicle type approval.

Type approval is a reserved matter. The British Secretary of State for Transport has primary responsibility for type approval. As a result of the Protocol, EU law continues to apply here for the purposes of type approval.

Consequently, vehicles sold in the north must either carry EU or UKNI type approval certification.