Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Automated Vehicles) Order 2022 and comes into force on 1st July 2022.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

Application

2. This Order applies to automated vehicles as defined by section 1(4) of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018( 2 ).

Modification of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

3.The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986( 3 ) have effect in relation to automated vehicles as if the following modifications were made to regulation 109(1)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (c), the word “or” is omitted;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (d), the full stop is omitted, and the following is inserted—

“ ; or

(e) of any sort, provided that—

(i) the information is displayed on the built-in apparatus of an automated vehicle;

(ii) the vehicle is driving itself within the meaning of section 8(1)(a) of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018; and

(iii) the vehicle is not requesting the driver to take over control. ”