Lime, the company behind Brisbane’s electric scooter craze has copped a warning to remove its scooters from the Gold Coast within two hours of their roll-out.

Lime scooters were placed on the footpaths of the Gold Coast on Friday, following a scooter trial that launched in Brisbane in November.

Council transport director Alton Twine said on Friday Lime had two hours to remove the scooters from the Gold Coast's streets and footpaths before they would step in and confiscate them, as they breach local laws in relation to the use of public spaces.