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ROAT-2026-0171 · Legal act
Automated Vehicles Act 2024
- Legal state as of
- Not recorded
- Last source check
- 2026-09-07
- Verification scope
- The earlier detailed check concerns a previous version of this record. The date shown is recorded in the catalogue; verification of the current record is not documented.
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Checked 2026-09-07 · record updated 2026-09-07
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Source check 2026-09-07 (Codex): Act contents and Commencement Nos. 1, 2 and 3. No. 2 commenced most of Part 5 and section 93 on 15 May 2026, excluding section 84 and section 89(8)(b) and (10). No. 3 has been made, but remaining Part 4 and Schedule 5 commence on 7 January 2027. One effective date cannot describe the whole Act.
Changes record updated
- Legal status
- Partly in force
- Citation
- Automated Vehicles Act 2024, 2024 c. 10; Royal Assent 20 May 2024. Staged commencement under SI 2025/1339 (1 January 2026), SI 2026/437 (15 May 2026), and SI 2026/731 (remaining Part 4 and Schedule 5: 7 January 2027).
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source record
- Record provenance
- Published source library
- Organisation
- UK Parliament / Department for Transport
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Publication date
- 2024-05-20
- Legal status
- Partly in force
- Summary
- The United Kingdom’s Automated Vehicles Act 2024 creates the statutory framework for authorising self-driving vehicles and regulating their use on roads and other public places. It establishes concepts and institutional responsibilities for authorised automated use, safety assessment, operator accountability, monitoring and automated passenger services.
- Význam
- The Act is a major national deployment model that separates vehicle authorisation, responsible actors and service regulation, offering a comparator for EU and Slovak frameworks.
- Citation
- Automated Vehicles Act 2024, 2024 c. 10; Royal Assent 20 May 2024. Staged commencement under SI 2025/1339 (1 January 2026), SI 2026/437 (15 May 2026), and SI 2026/731 (remaining Part 4 and Schedule 5: 7 January 2027).
- Recorded review date
- 2026-09-07
- Official source
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/contents
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