Schedules

Schedule 2Amendments related to Part 1

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)

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(1)

The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 145 (requirements about insurance policies), in subsections (3A) and (4), before “automated” (in each place it occurs) insert “authorised”.

(3)

In section 161(1) (definitions for the purposes of Part 6), omit the definition of “automated vehicle”.

(4)

In the table in section 162 (index to Part 6), omit the entry for “automated vehicle”.

(5)

In section 192 (general interpretation)—

(a)

in subsection (1), at the appropriate place insert—

““authorised automated vehicle” means a vehicle authorised under section 3 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024;”;

(b)

after subsection (1) insert—

“(1ZA)

Section 44 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 applies for the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to authorised automated vehicles as it applies for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.”

(6)

In the table in section 194 (index of defined terms), at the appropriate place insert—

“Authorised automated vehicle

Section 192”.