Part 1: Automated vehicles: Liability of insurers etc. Chapter 1: Policy Background Schedule: Minor and consequential amendments
The Schedule to the Act is introduced by Section 20 and makes several minor and consequential amendments in relation to automated vehicles.
	Paragraphs 1 to 7 make amendments to the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 to make a similar regime of limitation on legal actions for automated vehicles as the one in the Limitation Act 1980 for England and Wales, but specific to Scottish law.
	Paragraphs 8 to 16 insert provisions into the Limitation Act 1980 to establish a regime of limitation on actions regarding automated vehicle accidents, both under Section 2 and under Section 5. The purpose of these paragraphs is to provide for a clear time limit which avoids uncertainty arising from differences between existing limitation periods relating to product liability and personal injury.
	Paragraphs 17 to 21 insert provisions into Part VI of the Road Traffic Act 1988 which extend the compulsory insurance requirement in respect of third party risks to cover automated vehicles in an adapted manner. For example, the compulsory insurance for an automated vehicle will include more than just third party victims and is extended to cover the disengaged driver where the accident takes place when the vehicle is in automated mode (see paragraph 19(2) which inserts subsection (3A) into Section 145 of the Road Traffic Act 1988). The option which currently exists for conventional vehicles, as an alternative to holding a third-party insurance policy, of depositing a security with the Accountant General of the senior courts, will not be available for automated vehicles.