Automated Vehicle Legislation case study

Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) are an exciting and important part of our vision for the future of transport.

To begin the process of seeking out visionary partners and start testing, legislation reform was needed.

In 2017, we passed the NSW Transport Legislation Amendment (Automated Vehicle Trials and Innovation) Act 2017. This Act provides for the safe testing of highly automated vehicles (including fleets) in NSW and allows us to test how automated vehicles can support a safer, more productive and sustainable future transport system. This legislation is a key enabler of a safer, less congested future for NSW.

Our goal is to have appropriate and nationally consistent regulations and policies in place in the next five years to support the safe and legal use of conditionally and highly automated vehicles (levels 3 and 4) by the general public.