The Automated Vehicles (Marketing Restrictions) Regulations 2026

• Citation: S.I. 2026/733
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Automated Vehicles (Marketing Restrictions) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 7th January 2027.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Section 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.