Automated Vehicles Act 2024

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Last source check: 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.

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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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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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Layered normalisation — Great Britain
Second Gate — Great Britain – 2026 transitional current law
Human roles — Authorised self-driving entity / ADS legal-responsibility entity
Human roles — User with limited in-vehicle legal duties during self-driving
Human roles — No-user-in-charge operational entity

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Slovenský glossary

Automated Vehicles Act 2024

Autonómna jazda (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 1(5)
Autorizovaný subjekt samostatnej jazdy (ASDE) (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 44(1), definition of authorised self-driving entity
Dynamická kontrola (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 1(6)
Jazda v režime NUIC (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 12(2)
Licencovaný prevádzkovateľ NUIC (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 44(1), definition of licensed no-user-in-charge operator
Používateľ pripravený ovládať vozidlo (UIC) (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 46
Test samostatnej jazdy (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 1(2)–(3)
Výzva na prevzatie riadenia (SK) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 7(2)

English glossary

Automated Vehicles Act 2024

Authorised self-driving entity (ASDE) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 44(1), definition of authorised self-driving entity
Autonomous travel · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 1(5)
Dynamic control · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 1(6)
Licensed no-user-in-charge operator · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 44(1), definition of licensed no-user-in-charge operator
No-user-in-charge journey · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 12(2)
Request to intervene / transition demand · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 7(2)
Self-driving test · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 1(2)–(3)
User-in-charge (UIC) · Automated Vehicles Act 2024, s. 46