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(1)In this Part, “the investigative purposes”, in relation to a regulated body, are the domestic purposes and the international purpose set out in this section.
(2)The domestic purposes are the purposes of—
(a)assessing whether a regulatory requirement is being, or has been, met—
(i)by the regulated body, or
(ii)in relation to authorised automated vehicles for which the regulated body is or has been responsible,
(b)investigating whether, how or why an authorised automated vehicle has committed a traffic infraction while the regulated body was responsible for it,
(c)assessing whether an authorised automated vehicle for which the regulated body is or has been responsible continues to satisfy the self-driving test by reference to the authorised locations and circumstances, and
(d)investigating—
(i)a suspected offence under section 24 by the regulated body, or another regulated body that is or has been responsible for a vehicle for which the regulated body is or has been responsible, or
(ii)a suspected offence under section 25, or a suspected offence arising by virtue of section 26 or 27, that is predicated on an offence within sub-paragraph (i).
(3)The international purpose is the purpose of sharing information with an authority in a country or territory outside Great Britain (an “overseas authority”), where—
(a)the overseas authority has requested the information,
(b)the overseas authority has functions under the law of that country or territory that are similar to those referred to in subsection (2), and
(c)the information is likely to assist the overseas authority in performing those functions in respect of the regulated body.
Commencement Information
I1S. 16 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 99(1)
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