Selling or renting out e-bikes and other e-micromobility products in NSW

Rules for selling or renting out e-micromobility products

If you sell or rent out e-micromobility products like e-bikes and e-scooters, you must ensure your products comply with the product safety standards. This is because e-micromobility products and their lithium-ion batteries and chargers are 'declared electrical articles' under the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017.

Your products must also be certified and display an electrical safety marking. Some hire, lease and rental products are exempt from the certification and marking requirements.

You can be fined up to $825,000 if your products do not meet the requirements.

Products for sale must be certified

You must ensure your products are certified and approved for sale in NSW.

Certification confirms that a product model has been tested by an accredited laboratory and found compliant with the relevant product safety standards. The certifier will issue an electrical safety approval mark and a Certificate of Approval stating that the model is approved for sale in NSW.

The following components of an e-micromobility vehicle each need their own Certificate of Approval and safety approval mark:

• battery
• charger
• vehicle.

Products can be certified and approved by either NSW Fair Trading or a Recognised External Approval Scheme (REAS).

Check whether your products are already certified

Many e-micromobility products have already been certified. Products certified as of 1 February 2026 are available in the list of certified products. The list is not exhaustive; additional models may be certified but not listed.  

If your products are listed, they have already been certified. You must then ensure that they display the relevant safety approval mark.

If you do not see your products listed, reach out to your supplier to confirm whether they have already been certified. If they haven’t been certified, you can request certification.

Request certification for your products

If your product is not already certified, you can request certification from:

• NSW Fair Trading, or
• a Recognised External Approval Scheme (REAS).

Penalties may apply if you sell an article without certification or a safety approval mark.

Apply to NSW Fair Trading for certification

To apply to NSW Fair Trading for certification:

• Download and complete the form EEA1 Application for model approval.
• Gather the following supporting documents:
  • test reports
  • comprehensive colour photographs
  • instruction manuals.
• Pay the application fee.
• Email the form, supporting documents and evidence of payment to EnergyApprovals@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.

Visit the Approval of electrical articles page for more information about certifying declared electrical articles, including renewing or modifying the approval for a model.

Apply to a REAS for certification

You can choose to have your products certified by a REAS instead of NSW Fair Trading. Here is a list of REAS that can certify e-micromobility products.

Product testing requirements

The certifier will check that product testing has been conducted to NSW requirements. Usually, the manufacturer of a product arranges product testing.  

The testing laboratory must be accredited to test products against the relevant product safety standards. The laboratory must be accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), or a recognised international accreditation body, for example the China National Accreditation Service (CNAS). You can consult your certifier to confirm whether a testing laboratory is accredited.

The testing must demonstrate:

• the battery meets the relevant battery standard
• the charger meets the relevant power supply standard
• the vehicle model (including the battery and charger) meets the relevant vehicle standard.

The test report must:

• demonstrate that the product complies with the relevant product safety standards, and
• have comprehensive colour photographs of the interior and exterior of the product.

If you have questions about the testing requirements, contact your certifier or email EnergyApprovals@customerservice.nsw.gov.au.

You must only sell certified models

A vehicle model consists of the vehicle, the battery and the charger. When you sell an e-micromobility vehicle, you must sell it with the battery and charger listed on the vehicle's approval certificate.

If you change the battery or charger, you have changed the vehicle model and it is no longer approved for sale in NSW. You would then need to arrange testing and certification for the new vehicle and battery combination.

Products for sale must display a safety approval mark

If you sell or rent out e-micromobility products, you must ensure your products display an electrical safety approval mark.

A safety approval mark is issued when a product model is certified and is listed on the Certificate of Approval. For help identifying approval marks and numbers, visit the Safety labels for electric goods page.

You can also find safety approval marks in the list of certified products.

How to display safety approval marks

You must ensure safety approval marks are placed in a legible and permanent manner on the product itself, not just on product packaging. For example, it can be on the label that shows the model reference code of the device.

There will be a separate safety approval mark for each component of an e-micromobility model – the vehicle, the battery and the charger. You must display each safety approval mark on the relevant component.

Exemption for rental businesses

If you hire, lease or rent out e-micromobility vehicles in NSW, your vehicles must meet the safety standards. However, they do not need to be tested, certified and marked if they:

• are only available for hire, lease or rent, and
• were purchased before 1 February 2026.

From 1 February 2026, you must ensure that you only purchase certified and marked vehicles for hire, lease or rent.

NSW Fair Trading may request evidence that any uncertified and unmarked vehicles:

• meet the safety standards, and
• were purchased before 1 February 2026.

If you sell a former hire vehicle, you must have it tested, certified and marked before sale in NSW.

For more information, read the exemption order for e-micromobility vehicles used for hire.

You must provide safety information

You must provide customers with essential safety information when you sell or supply an e-micromobility product. This includes vehicle details and safety best practices, including safe use, charging, storage, fire prevention, and disposal.

Penalties of up to $5,500 may apply each time you fail to provide the required information.

To find out what you need to provide, visit the Information standard for e-micromobility products page.