The Government has ruled out changing the law about the use of Electric Personal Vehicles (EPVs) on the roads.
Following a consultation process, ministers said that the current situation, in which EPVs using the public roads and cycle tracks must comply with road vehicle law requirements, would continue.
It means that EPVs using the roads will still have to be registered, taxed and insured and the driver will still have to have an appropriate licence.
The Government decision also means that those EPVs that do not comply with road vehicle law requirements will carry on being restricted - with landowner permission - to private land.
Begun by the Labour Government, the consultation sought views on whether to allow such vehicles on to public roads and cycle tracks.
The Department for Transport said: "The department has considered the responses to this consultation but has no plans, at present, to change the requirements relating to EPVs.
"We are currently in discussions with the European Commission about new EU-wide rules on powered two-wheel vehicles and the outcome of these discussions may affect the future treatment of EPVs."
The department went on: "In the meantime, with the exception of certain types of mobility scooter and electrically-assisted pedal cycle, powered vehicles used on public roads in the UK are required to be registered, taxed and insured and drivers must have an appropriate licence.
"EPVs not approved for use on public roads may be used on private land with the landowner's permission. This could include, for example, use on show grounds, in warehouses, on golf courses or in shopping centres."
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