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Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Connected and Automated Vehicles
41 speeches (13,018 words)
Tuesday 28th October 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) Northern Ireland has not sought to replicate the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 within its - Link to Speech

Planning and Infrastructure Bill
80 speeches (18,698 words)
Report stage: Part 1
Wednesday 22nd October 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: None is that we omitted a duty to design charging infrastructure for these needs from the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Written Evidence - Department for Transport
TPV0189 - Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles

Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles - Transport Committee

Found: that the vehicle can safely and lawfully drive itself, it will be listed under the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act

Wednesday 17th September 2025
Written Evidence - Leeds City Council
TPV0089 - Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles

Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles - Transport Committee

Found: Adherence: Confirmation that the service complies with national and local laws (e.g., UK Automated and Electric Vehicles Act



Written Answers
Driverless Vehicles: Accidents
Asked by: Sarah Coombes (Labour - West Bromwich)
Monday 27th October 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current legislation in ensuring that there is sufficient (a) liability and (b) responsibility in the case of a collision caused by an automated vehicle.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The framework in place today, established by the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, provides a process for Secretary of State to list vehicles as "automated" and sets out that if a listed vehicle causes an accident while driving itself, liability will be placed directly onto the vehicle's insurer. This provides victims with a clear and single point of contact for compensation.

The insurer’s liability may be limited where the injured party’s actions contributed to the accident. And after compensating the victim, the Act also gives the insurer the right to bring a claim against the party at fault for the accident, for example the vehicle manufacturer.

Vehicles piloted under the Automated Passenger Services (APS) permitting scheme will be listed under the 2018 Act if in the Secretary of State’s opinion they can safely and legally drive themselves for at least part of the journey without being monitored by a safety driver. Subject to consultation outcomes, the Automated Passenger Services permitting scheme is expected to be in place from Spring 2026.

Once the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 is fully in force, which we expect to happen in the second half of 2027, listing decisions will be replaced by the Secretary of State’s decisions as to whether to authorise vehicles. As with listing, vehicles will only be authorised if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the vehicles can safely and legally drive themselves. The rest of the provisions of the 2018 Act will continue to apply so that the insurer will be liable if an authorised vehicle causes an accident when driving itself.



Bill Documents
Jun. 12 2025
HL Bill 110 (as brought from the Commons)
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26
Bill

Found: 35““public charge point” means a charge point within the meaning of Part 2 of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act

Jun. 10 2025
All proceedings up to 10 June 2025 at Report Stage
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Clause 46, page 60, line 5, at end insert— “(10) The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 is amended



Deposited Papers
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Department for Transport
Source Page: Letter dated 07/07/2025 from Lord Hendy of Richmond to Baroness Pidgeon regarding a question on provisions for disabled passengers in the pilots of self-driving vehicles: liability in collisions involving these vehicles. 2p.
Document: Lord_Hendy_-_Baroness_Pidgeon_-_AV_liability.docx.pdf (PDF)

Found: The framework in place today, established by the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, provides

Wednesday 18th June 2025
Department for Transport
Source Page: I. Statement of safety principles: call for evidence. 25p. II. Automated vehicles: protecting marketing terms: consultation. 18p.
Document: automated-vehicles-protecting-marketing-terms_FV.docx (webpage)

Found: that are capable of safely driving themselves may be listed under section 1 of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act