# The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 3


In regulation 3(2), in the appropriate places, insert the following definitions—
““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;
“cyber security” means the condition in which road vehicles and their functions are protected from cyber threats to electrical or electronic components;
“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;
“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;”
““risk” means the possibility that a cyber threat will exploit vulnerabilities of a vehicle;
“software update management system” means a systematic approach defining organisational processes and procedures for the delivery of software updates;
“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—
(a) emissions and environmental performance, including analysis of control strategies;
(b) cyber security and software updates, including analysis of cyber security management systems and software update management systems and associated processes;
(c) safety performance of advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving systems;
(d) scenario identification, modelling, or simulation to support the assessment of advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving systems; or
(e) setting the design and criteria for an examination to assess the performance of advanced driver assistance systems or automated driving systems;
“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;
“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;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/992/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-type-approval-and-approval-marks-fees-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-3
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