Automated Vehicles Act 2024

Prospective

Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (c. 18) E+W+S

5 (1) The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 is amended as follows.

(2) Omit section 1 (list of automated vehicles).

(3) In each of the following provisions, before “automated” insert “authorised”—

(a) in section 2, the heading and subsections (1)(a), (2)(a), (3)(a) and (c)(ii) and (4);

(b) section 3(2);

(c) in section 4, subsections (1) and (6)(a);

(d) in section 6, subsections (2)(a) and (3);

(e) section 8(3)(b) (in both places).

(4) In section 2 (liability of insurers etc)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “insured” substitute “being used by an insured person”;

(b) in subsection (2)(b), for “insured” substitute “being used by an insured person”.

(5) In section 7 (duty to prepare report on operation of Part 1 of the Act)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) omit paragraph (a);

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “vehicles that are capable of safely driving themselves” substitute “authorised automated vehicles”;

(b) in subsection (2), for “publication of the list under section 1” substitute “authorisation is granted under section 3 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024”.

(6) In section 8 (interpretation)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) For the purposes of this Part—

(a) an authorised automated vehicle is “driving itself” if it is travelling while an authorised automation feature of the vehicle is engaged;

(b) a person is an “insured person”, in relation to a vehicle, if there is in force in relation to that person’s use of the vehicle on a road or other public place in Great Britain a policy of insurance that satisfies the conditions in section 145 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

(1A) Section 44(5) of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (authorisation to determine when feature “engaged” or “disengaged”) applies for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) as it applies for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) for the definition of “automated vehicle” substitute—

• ““authorised automated vehicle” means a vehicle authorised under section 3 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024;

• “authorised automation feature” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (see section 44(1) of that Act);”;

(ii) omit the definition of “insured person”;

(iii) for the definition of “insurer” substitute—

• ““insurer”, in relation to an insured person, means the insurer under the policy in question;”.

(7) In the Schedule, omit paragraphs 20 and 21.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 99(1)