AUTOMATED & EVs ACT 2018
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It is anticipated that with a RE kit, the new (proposed) E-Transit might gain at least 100 miles of extra range, plus rapid recharging of the Hydrogen Battery (and roadside recovery), so extending the range of this famous workhorse almost without limit, provided that there are sufficient charging facilities at strategic geographic locations to comply with the provision of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 and Climate Change Act 2008. There is as yet no integrated energy strategy (hence policy) in the UK concerning Fuel Cells and Hydrogen in relation to transport, or industrial and domestic electricity supplies from green, blue or gray sources of the gas.
The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018
2018 CHAPTER 18
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
PART 1 Automated vehicles: liability of insurers etc
PART 2 Electric vehicles: charging
9. Definitions
(1) For the purposes of this Part —
(2) In this Part —
“operator”, in relation to a public charging or refuelling point, has the meaning given by regulations;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;
“vehicle” means a vehicle that is intended or adapted for use on roads.
10. Public charging or refuelling points: access, standards and connection
(1) Regulations may impose requirements on operators of public charging or refuelling points in connection with —
(c) the components of public charging or refuelling points that provide the means by which vehicles connect to such points (“connecting components”).
(2) Regulations under subsection (1) (a) may require operators —
(a) to provide a prescribed method of payment or verification for obtaining access to the use of public charging or refuelling points; (b) to co-operate with each other for the purposes of a requirement imposed by the regulations (for example, by sharing facilities or information); (c) to take prescribed steps for the purposes of such a requirement (for example, to provide information to a prescribed person).
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) (b) may, for example, require the operator of a public charging or refuelling point to ensure that the point complies with prescribed requirements (which may include technical specifications).
(4) Regulations under subsection (1) (c) may, for example, require the operator of a public charging or refuelling point to ensure that its connecting components comply with prescribed requirements (which may include technical specifications for connecting components or any related equipment).
11. Large fuel retailers etc: provision of public charging or refuelling points
(1) Regulations may impose requirements on —
(a)
large fuel retailers falling within a prescribed description, or
(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may, for example —
(a)
require large fuel retailers or service area operators to provide public
charging or refuelling points;
(3) In this section “large fuel retailer” and “service area operator” have the meaning given by regulations.
12. Duty to consider making regulations under section 11 (1) (a) on request by elected mayor
(1) The Secretary of State must consider making section 11 (1) (a) regulations in relation to the whole or part of a relevant area if —
(a)
the mayor for the relevant area makes a request for such regulations to be
made,
(2) “Section 11 (1) (a) regulations” means regulations under section 11 (1) that impose requirements on large fuel retailers within section 11 (1) (a).
(3) Condition 1 is that the Secretary of State is satisfied that, before making the request, the mayor —
(a)
published proposals for section 11 (1) (a) regulations to be made in
relation to the whole or part of the relevant area, an
(i)
each local authority any part of whose area falls within the relevant area
or, if the request relates to part of the relevant area, within that part,
(4) Condition 2 is that the mayor has given the Secretary of State a summary of the responses to the consultation referred to in subsection (3) (b).
(5) Condition 3 is that regulations have been made under section 11 (3) in relation to the meaning of “large fuel retailer”.
(6) If the Secretary of State decides not to make section 11 (1) (a) regulations in response to the mayor’s request, the Secretary of State must notify the mayor of the decision and the reasons for it.
(7) For the purposes of this section —
(a)
“relevant area” means the area of a combined authority or Greater
London;
(i)
in the case of the area of a combined authority, the mayor for the area
elected in accordance with section 107A (2) of the 2009 Act;
(8) In this section —
“the 2009 Act” means the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
“combined authority” means a combined authority established under section 103 (1) of the 2009 Act;
“large fuel retailer” has the same meaning as in section 11;
“local authority” means —
(1) Regulations may require operators of public charging or refuelling points to make available prescribed information relating to such points.
(2) The information that may be prescribed under subsection (1) in relation to a public charging or refuelling point is such information as the Secretary of State considers likely to be useful to users or potential users of the point, for example information about —
(a)
the location of the point and its operating hours,
(3) The regulations may make provision —
(a)
about when, how, to whom and in what form the information is to be made
available;
(1) Regulations may make provision for the purpose of ensuring the ongoing transmission of charge point data to a prescribed person or to persons of a prescribed description.
(2) “Charge point data” means prescribed information relating to a charge point (which may include information about energy consumption and geographical information).
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may impose requirements —
(a) on operators of charge points that are provided for use by members of the general public, and (b) in relation to charge points that are not provided as mentioned in paragraph (a), on prescribed persons or persons of a prescribed description (subject to subsection (4)).
(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may not impose requirements on owners or occupiers of domestic premises.
(5) Regulations under subsection (1) may make provision about when, how and in what form charge point data is to be transmitted.
(1) Regulations may provide that a person must not sell or install a charge point unless it complies with prescribed requirements.
(2) The requirements that may be imposed under subsection (1) include requirements relating to the technical specifications for a charge point, including for example the ability of a charge point —
(a)
to receive and process information provided by a prescribed person,
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may also prescribe requirements to be met in relation to the sale or installation of a charge point.
(4) In this section —
(a)
“sell” includes let on hire, lend or give;
(i)
a person of a prescribed description, and
16. Enforcement
(1) Regulations under this Part may make provision for enforcement in connection with a contravention of a requirement or prohibition imposed by the regulations.
(2) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (1) may, for example —
(a)
contain provision for determining whether there has been a failure to comply
with a requirement or prohibition;
(3) The provision referred to in subsection (2) (a) includes —
(a)
provision authorising a prescribed person to enter any land in accordance
with the regulations;
(i)
the production of documents or other things,
(1) Regulations under this Part may create exceptions from any requirement or prohibition imposed by the regulations.
(2) An exception may be created in relation to a prescribed description of persons or devices.
(3) The Secretary of State may determine that a requirement or prohibition imposed by regulations under this Part does not apply in relation to a person or device specified in the determination.
(4) The Secretary of State must publish a determination made under subsection (3).
(1) Regulations under this Part —
(a)
may make different provision for different purposes or different areas;
(2) A power to make regulations under this Part is exercisable by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.
(3) Before making regulations under this Part, the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4) Subject to subsection (7), where —
(a)
a statutory instrument contains regulations under this Part, and
(5) Where —
(a)
a statutory instrument contains regulations under section 11 (large fuel
retailers etc), and
(6) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Part none of which are —
(a)
the first regulations under a provision of this Part, or
(7) Where regulations contain only provision made by virtue of —
(a)
section 10 (3) or (4) (prescribed requirements for public charging or
refuelling points or for connecting components), or
(8) If a draft of a statutory instrument containing relevant section 11 (1) (a) regulations would, apart from this subsection, be treated for the purposes of the standing orders of either House of Parliament as a hybrid instrument, it is to proceed in that House as if it were not such an instrument.
(9) In subsection (8) “relevant section 11 (1) (a) regulations” means regulations under section 11 (1) (a) that are made pursuant to section 12 (duty to consider making regulations under section 11 (1) (a) on request by elected mayor).
19. Report by Secretary of State on operation of this Part
(1) The Secretary of State must, in respect of each reporting period, prepare a report assessing —
(a)
the impact and effectiveness of regulations made under this Part;
(2) Each report must be laid before Parliament after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.
(3) The first reporting period is the period of two years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
(4) Each subsequent period of 12 months after the first reporting period is a reporting period.
PART 3 Miscellaneous and general
20. Minor
and consequential amendments
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
Hydrogen powered electric buses are becoming very popular. With exchange refuelling using high pressure gas cartridges, or liquid hydrogen cartridges, coaches and trucks might have unlimited ranges.
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