Policy development Part 1 and Schedules 1 and 2: Establishing a regulatory scheme for automated vehicles Chapter 2: Licensing of operators for vehicle use without user-in-charge
Chapter 2 is concerned with ‘no-user-in-charge’ (NUiC) vehicles. Some self-driving features do not require an individual to be in the vehicle, and in a position to exercise control of the vehicle at any point in the journey (a 'user-in-charge') and such features are therefore referred to as a NUiC features. For example, a vehicle with a NUiC feature could travel empty or with only freight or passengers (no responsible human needed inside the vehicle).
	As is required for all self-driving vehicles, these vehicles must have an authorised self-driving entity (responsible for the way the vehicle drives), but are also required to be overseen by a licensed NUiC operator. The licensed operator is required to have "oversight" of the vehicle. This involves knowing where its vehicles are, maintenance and insurance and general responsibility for safe operations. This role is, in some respects, similar to a bus operator.
	The Act therefore provides for the establishment of an operator licensing scheme to ensure that companies operating self-driving vehicles are subject to set requirements and are suitable for the role.