Overview of the Bill/Act
The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act is intended to enable consumers in the United Kingdom to benefit from improvements in transport technology. The Act makes provision for (1) the creation of a new liability scheme for insurers in relation to automated vehicles, and (2) the creation of regulations relating to the installation and operation of charging points and hydrogen refuelling points for electric vehicles. The Act sets out the regulatory framework to enable new transport technology to be invented, designed, made and used in the United Kingdom.