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<Text>The Secretary of State may authorise a road vehicle for use as an automated vehicle if—</Text>
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<Text>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</Text>
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<Text>any applicable initial authorisation requirements are met (see section <InternalLink Ref="section-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2024/10/section/5" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/section/5">5</InternalLink>).</Text>
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<Text>An automated vehicle authorisation may—</Text>
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<Text>be limited to an individual vehicle, or individual vehicles, identified in the authorisation, or</Text>
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<Text>extend to all vehicles of a type described in the authorisation.</Text>
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<Text>The description of a type under subsection <InternalLink Ref="section-3-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/2">(2)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-3-2-b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/2/b" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/2/b">(b)</InternalLink> must be formulated with a view to securing that the Secretary of State’s assessment for the purposes of subsection <InternalLink Ref="section-3-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/1">(1)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-3-1-a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/1/a" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/section/3/1/a">(a)</InternalLink>, and the contents of the authorisation, will be equally applicable in relation to any vehicle of that type.</Text>
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