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This Practice Note considers the impact of Part 1 of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (AEVA 2018), and the recommendations made in the Law Commissions’ Automated Vehicles: joint report, on the UK’s motor insurance framework, looking at:

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   The existing motor insurance framework

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   The development of AEVA 2018 and the Law Commissions’ joint report

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   The level of automated vehicle that AEVA 2018 will apply to

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   The role of the associated legal actors

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   The current position on primary and secondary liability under AEVA 2018

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   The scope of liability under AEVA 2018

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   Limitation periods

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   Data retention and disclosure

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   Ongoing reform

This Practice Note does not cover AEVA 2018, Pt 2, which makes provision in relation to charging electric vehicles.

For a summary of key dates and information relating to the development of autonomous vehicles regulation, see Practice Note: UK automated vehicles—tracker.

See also:

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   Practice Note: Autonomous vehicles—key legal issues

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   Practice Note: Autonomous and connected vehicles—data protection, privacy and security

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   Precedent: Autonomous vehicles—training