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Consultation Outcome Published 23 Apr 2026 Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Department for Transport ↗ View on GOV.UK

Automated passenger services: permitting scheme

Seeks views on the proposed automated passenger services statutory instrument (SI) to support the deployment of commercial self-driving pilots.

Opened 21 Jul 2025
Closed 28 Sep 2025
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The Automated Vehicles (AV) Act 2024 will introduce the automated passenger services (APS) permitting scheme, a targeted regulatory framework for automated passenger services.

The new scheme is intended to be flexible and avoid the various challenges of applying existing legislation. Introducing this scheme is intended to provide greater regulatory confidence for businesses to deploy services and build an understanding of viable commercial models.

See this consultation in Welsh.