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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/automated-and-electric-vehicles-act-2018/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/18",
  "legislation_title": "Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part—\n(a) a vehicle is “driving itself” if it is operating in a mode in which it is not being controlled, and does not need to be monitored, by an individual;\n(b) a vehicle is “insured” if there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle on a road or other public place in Great Britain a policy of insurance that satisfies the conditions in section 145 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.\n(2) In this Part—\n“automated vehicle” has the meaning given by section 1(4);\n“damage” has the meaning given by section 2(3);\n“insured person”, in relation to an insured vehicle, means any person whose use of the vehicle is covered by the policy in question;\n“insurer”, in relation to an insured vehicle, means the insurer under that policy;\n“road” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 (see section 192(1) of that Act).\n(3) In this Part—\n(a) a reference to an accident includes a reference to two or more causally related accidents;\n(b) a reference to an accident caused by an automated vehicle includes a reference to an accident that is partly caused by an automated vehicle.",
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  "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."
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