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ROAT-2026-0373 · Legal act
Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act, Act No. 32 of 2022 – permission system for specified automated operation (道路交通法の一部を改正する法律（令和4年法律第32号）)
- 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.
Earlier source check — record changed
Checked 2026-09-07 · record updated 2026-09-07
The source record has changed since this check. These findings refer to the earlier record.
Source check 2026-09-07 (Codex): NPA explanation and National Diet promulgation record. The April 2023 commencement concerns specified automated operation provisions. An onboard supervisor is an alternative to the remote-monitoring arrangement. This was not an article-by-article audit of the full current Japanese Act. The e-Gov link is to the consolidated 1960 Act; the record title identifies the 2022 amendment.
Changes record updated
- Summary
- Act No. 32 of 2022 introduced permission for driverless specified automated operation, corresponding to Level 4. The relevant provisions took effect on 1 April 2023. The Prefectural Public Safety Commission approves the operation plan. The implementer must follow the plan and train staff. NPA guidance describes remote monitoring and a supervisor, with an onboard supervisor as an alternative.
- Citation
- Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act, Act No. 32 of 2022, promulgated 27 April 2022; specified automated operation provisions effective 1 April 2023. Consolidated provisions are in the Road Traffic Act, Act No. 105 of 1960.
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source record
- Record provenance
- Published source library
- Organisation
- National Police Agency (Japan); National Diet of Japan
- Jurisdiction
- Japan
- Publication date
- 2022-04-27
- Legal status
- In force
- Effective from
- 2023-04-01
- Summary
- Act No. 32 of 2022 introduced permission for driverless specified automated operation, corresponding to Level 4. The relevant provisions took effect on 1 April 2023. The Prefectural Public Safety Commission approves the operation plan. The implementer must follow the plan and train staff. NPA guidance describes remote monitoring and a supervisor, with an onboard supervisor as an alternative.
- Význam
- The Act replaces the driver with an entity-plus-supervisor structure for driverless operation and places the deployment gate with the police authority rather than the vehicle-approval authority.
- Citation
- Act Partially Amending the Road Traffic Act, Act No. 32 of 2022, promulgated 27 April 2022; specified automated operation provisions effective 1 April 2023. Consolidated provisions are in the Road Traffic Act, Act No. 105 of 1960.
- Recorded review date
- 2026-09-07
- Official source
- https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105
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