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Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Automated vehicles: liability of insurers etc

    1. 1.Listing of automated vehicles by the Secretary of State

    2. 2.Liability of insurers etc where accident caused by automated vehicle

    3. 3.Contributory negligence etc

    4. 4.Accident resulting from unauthorised software alterations or failure to update software

    5. 5.Right of insurer etc to claim against person responsible for accident

    6. 6.Application of enactments

    7. 7.Report by Secretary of State on operation of this Part

    8. 8.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Electric vehicles: charging

    1. Introductory

      1. 9.Definitions

    2. Requirements and prohibitions

      1. 10.Public charging or refuelling points: access, standards and connection

      2. 11.Large fuel retailers etc: provision of public charging or refuelling points

      3. 12.Duty to consider making regulations under section 11(1)(a) on request by elected mayor

      4. 13.Information for users of public charging or refuelling points

      5. 14.Transmission of data relating to charge points

      6. 15.Smart charge points

    3. General and supplementary

      1. 16.Enforcement

      2. 17.Exceptions

      3. 18.Regulations

      4. 19.Report by Secretary of State on operation of this Part

  4. PART 3 Miscellaneous and general

    1. 20.Minor and consequential amendments

    2. 21.Commencement

    3. 22.Extent

    4. 23.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 52)

        1. 1.In section 17 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act...

        2. 2.In section 18 of that Act (actions where death has...

        3. 3.After that section insert— Actions under section 2 of the...

        4. 4.In section 19CA of that Act (interruption of limitation period:...

        5. 5.In section 19F of that Act (extension of limitation periods:...

        6. 6.In section 22 of that Act (interpretation of Part 2...

        7. 7.In Schedule 1 to that Act (obligations affected by prescriptive...

      2. Limitation Act 1980 (c. 58)

        1. 8.In section 9 of the Limitation Act 1980 (time limit...

        2. 9.After section 10 of that Act insert— Special time limit...

        3. 10.In the italic heading before section 11 of that Act,...

        4. 11.After section 11A of that Act insert— Actions against insurers...

        5. 12.In section 12 of that Act (special time limit for...

        6. 13.(1) Section 14 of that Act (definition of date of...

        7. 14.In section 28 of that Act (extension of limitation period...

        8. 15.(1) Section 32 of that Act (postponement of limitation period...

        9. 16.(1) Section 33 of that Act (discretionary exclusion of time...

      3. Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)

        1. 17.In section 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (users...

        2. 18.In section 144 of that Act (exceptions from requirement of...

        3. 19.(1) Section 145 of that Act (requirements in respect of...

        4. 20.In section 161 of that Act (interpretation), in subsection (1),...

        5. 21.In section 162 of that Act (index to Part 6),...

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