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The stated purpose of the Bill is to regulate the use of automated vehicles on roads and in other public places; and to make other provision in relation to vehicle automation.?
Impact of automation
The possible conflict between productivity gains from automation and impact on employment is summarised by North Ayrshire Council:
the budgets for both HIE and SE have considerable focus on supporting the acceleration of business growth.
In the 1980s the UK as a whole had experienced the effects of de-industrialisation. By the mid 1980s, 1 in 16 children in Britain were severely disadvantaged by social and economic circumstances.
These relate to criminal liability in respect of the use of automated vehicles.
The supplementary LCM sets out the reasons for the Scottish Government’s view:
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The Committee recommends that the Scottish Government provide updated guidance on what types of non-automated air quality monitors can be used to provide sufficiently accurate data to compliment its automated equipment so that local authorities and national agencies can properly record and benchmark air quality much ...