Section 81 — Interpretation and supplementary provision

(1) In sections 78 and 79— “end-user”, in relation to a vehicle, means a person who uses the vehicle on a road or other public place other than for commercial purposes to do with the development, manufacture or supply of the vehicle; “equipment” has the same meaning as in Part 1 (see section 44(1)); “product” includes software.

(2) For the purposes of those sections, a communication is to be taken to be directed at an end-user or potential end-user of a vehicle if it is directed at a class of persons likely to include such a person.

(3) An offence under those sections can be committed anywhere in the world.

(4) Schedule 5 makes provision about the enforcement of sections 78 and 79.

(5) If section 78 or 79 comes into force before paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, it is to be read as if any reference to an authorised automated vehicle included a vehicle listed under section 1 of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018.