With the Automated Vehicle (AV) Act 2024 due to come into effect next year, the Government has launched a call for evidence on developing the AV regulatory framework.
According to roads minister Simon Lightwood, the AV Act delivers ‘one of the most comprehensive legal frameworks of its kind, with safety at its core'. Alongside this, the Department for Transport (DfT) is also looking to set up a regulatory framework that will deliver secondary legislation to support the AV Act.
Launched earlier this week, the call for evidence will ask stakeholders and the wider public to provide responses that can be used to inform the development of legislation, guidance and policy.
This will be used to ensure the AV regulatory framework remains ‘proportionate, forward-looking and responsive to emerging technologies' while making sure there are still strong safeguards in place.
Split into two chapters, the call for evidence considers issues around: ‘getting AVs on the road' and ‘once AVs are on the road'.
Chapter one will look at vehicle type approval, authorisation, user-in-charge (UIC), transition demands, operator licensing and insurance.
In-use regulation, sanctions, incident investigation and cybersecurity will then be addressed in chapter two.
Those wishing to submit a response must do so before 5 March 2026, when the call for evidence closes.
Full details on the call for evidence and how to respond can be found here.
