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At what point does a Ride-on need to be DVLA plated/Licensed if it needs to be taken between designated areas potentially using road/footpaths (as opposed to using a trailer/Van between areas) ?

If selecting a suitable machine, does the maker need to state it is suitable for road use and thus can be plated ? Otherwise, how does one establish what can/can't be used ?

Having read (..and gone mad...) various sections of the RTA and C&U rules, I see this section, so negating some need to be registered or have a entitlement on a driving license;

So Section 189 of RTA states there are certain types of vehicles that are not to be treated as motor vehicles.

(1)For the purposes of the Road Traffic Acts—
(a)a mechanically propelled vehicle being an implement for cutting grass which is controlled by a pedestrian and is not capable of being used or adapted for any other purpose,
(b)any other mechanically propelled vehicle controlled by a pedestrian which may be specified by regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section and section 140 of the M1Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and
(c)an electrically assisted pedal cycle of such a class as may be prescribed by regulations so made,
is to be treated as not being a motor vehicle.

2)In subsection (1) above “controlled by a pedestrian” means that the vehicle either—
(a)is constructed or adapted for use only under such control, or
(b)is constructed or adapted for use either under such control or under the control of a person carried on it, but is not for the time being in use under, or proceeding under, the control of a person carried on it.

Any views from Contractors that use road legal ride-ons ?