http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/section/55Automated Vehicles Act 2024Statute Law Database2024-07-30Expert Participation2024-05-20 Part 2Criminal liability for vehicle useChapter 2OffencesAmendment of tampering offence 55 In section 25 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (tampering with motor vehicles)— a the existing text becomes subsection (1); b after that subsection insert— 2 For the purposes of subsection (1), the “mechanism” of a vehicle includes— a any equipment in or on the vehicle designed to allow the motion of the vehicle to be controlled other than by an individual in the vehicle, or to facilitate its being so controlled, and b any software installed in, or other electronic information stored in, any such equipment. S. 55 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 99(1)
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