# The Automated Vehicles (Marketing Restrictions) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Restricted terms


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), each of the following terms is a restricted term—
(a) automated;
(b) automated driving;
(c) autonomous;
(d) autonomous driving;
(e) drive autonomously;
(f) drive itself;
(g) driverless;
(h) self-driving.
(2) The terms at sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of paragraph (1) are restricted terms only when used to describe—
(a) a vehicle as a whole, or
(b) the overall driving functionality or capability of a vehicle.
(3) A term listed in paragraph (1) includes—
(a) variants of the term resulting from its assignment to a different part of speech, and
(b) other grammatical forms of the term.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/733/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/automated-vehicles-marketing-restrictions-regulations-2026/regulation-2
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