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(1)The Secretary of State may authorise a road vehicle for use as an automated vehicle if—
(a)in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the vehicle satisfies the self-driving test by reference to intended travel on a road (in at least some circumstances), and
(b)any applicable initial authorisation requirements are met (see section 5).
(2)An automated vehicle authorisation may—
(a)be limited to an individual vehicle, or individual vehicles, identified in the authorisation, or
(b)extend to all vehicles of a type described in the authorisation.
(3)The description of a type under subsection (2)(b) must be formulated with a view to securing that the Secretary of State’s assessment for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), and the contents of the authorisation, will be equally applicable in relation to any vehicle of that type.
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