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SCHEDULEU.K.MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)U.K.

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19(1)Section 145 of that Act (requirements in respect of policies of insurance) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)After subsection (3) insert—

(3A)In the case of an automated vehicle, the policy must also provide for the insurer's obligations to an insured person under section 2(1) of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (liability of insurers etc where accident caused by automated vehicle) to be obligations under the policy.

In this subsection “insured person” means a person who is covered under the policy for using the vehicle on a road or public place in Great Britain.

(3)At the end of subsection (4) insert—

Paragraph (a) does not apply where the vehicle in question is an automated vehicle.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. para. 19 in force at 21.4.2021 by S.I. 2021/396, reg. 3(d)

20U.K.In section 161 of that Act (interpretation), in subsection (1), at the appropriate place insert—

automated vehicle” means a vehicle listed by the Secretary of State under section 1 of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018,.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. para. 20 in force at 21.4.2021 by S.I. 2021/396, reg. 3(d)

21U.K.In section 162 of that Act (index to Part 6), at the appropriate place in the table insert—

Automated vehiclesection 161(1).

Commencement Information

I3Sch. para. 21 in force at 21.4.2021 by S.I. 2021/396, reg. 3(d)