{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/992",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 3(2), in the appropriate places, insert the following definitions—\n““control strategy” means an element or set of elements of design that is incorporated into the overall design of a vehicle or vehicle part for the purposes of controlling emissions or environmental performance;\n“cyber security” means the condition in which road vehicles and their functions are protected from cyber threats to electrical or electronic components;\n“cyber security management system” means a systematic risk-based approach defining organisational processes, responsibilities and governance to treat risk associated with cyber threats to vehicles;\n“cyber threat” means the possibility of damage or disruption being caused to a computer network or system, which may result in harm or disruption to a system, organisation or individual;”\n““risk” means the possibility that a cyber threat will exploit vulnerabilities of a vehicle;\n“software update management system” means a systematic approach defining organisational processes and procedures for the delivery of software updates;\n“specialist” means an officer of the Department for Transport who carries out technical analysis as part of an examination of a vehicle or vehicle part in respect of one of the following areas—\n(a) emissions and environmental performance, including analysis of control strategies;\n(b) cyber security and software updates, including analysis of cyber security management systems and software update management systems and associated processes;\n(c) safety performance of advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving systems;\n(d) scenario identification, modelling, or simulation to support the assessment of advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving systems; or\n(e) setting the design and criteria for an examination to assess the performance of advanced driver assistance systems or automated driving systems;\n“standard workshop equipment” means hand tools, lifting equipment and other equipment ordinarily used as part of an examination of a vehicle or vehicle part and which is not captured in one of the equipment groups specified in Column 1 of Schedule 6;\n“technical analysis” means the work done to determine what is required of a vehicle or vehicle part in order to demonstrate it achieves regulatory compliance as regards its safety, security or environmental performance;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/992/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:55:32.002658+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."
}