{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/automated-and-electric-vehicles-act-2018/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/automated-and-electric-vehicles-act-2018/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/18",
  "legislation_title": "Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/automated-and-electric-vehicles-act-2018",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application of enactments",
  "text": "(1) Any damage for which a person is liable under section 2 is treated as if it had been caused—\n(a) for the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976, by that person's wrongful act, neglect or default;\n(b) for the purposes of sections 3 to 6 of the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 7) (rights of relatives of a deceased), by that person's act or omission;\n(c) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (damages for personal injuries, etc Scotland), by an act or omission giving rise to liability in that person to pay damages.\n(2) Section 1 of the Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 (“the 1976 Act”) has effect for the purposes of section 2 of this Act—\n(a) as if a person were answerable to a child in respect of an accident caused by an automated vehicle when driving itself if the person—\n(i) is or has been liable under section 2 in respect of any effect of the accident on a parent of the child, or\n(ii) would be so liable if the accident caused a parent of the child to suffer damage;\n(b) as if the provisions of this Part relating to liability under section 2 applied in relation to liability by virtue of paragraph (a) above under section 1 of the 1976 Act;\n(c) as if subsection (6) of section 1 of the 1976 Act (exclusion of liability) were omitted.\n(3) For the purposes of section 3(1), the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 and section 5 of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (contributory negligence) have effect as if the behaviour of the automated vehicle were the fault of the person made liable for the damage by section 2 of this Act.\n(4) Liability under section 2 is treated as liability in tort or, in Scotland, delict for the purposes of any enactment conferring jurisdiction on a court with respect to any matter.\n(5) An insurer or vehicle owner who has a right of action against a person by virtue of section 5 does not have a right to recover contribution from that person under the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 or under section 3 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 21.4.2021 by S.I. 2021/396, reg. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/10",
      "affecting_title": "Automated Vehicles Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/10",
      "affecting_title": "Automated Vehicles Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/18/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:47.754439+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}