PART 3 | DUTIES OF SPECIFIED PERSON |
| Duty to ensure maintenance of autonomous motor vehicle |
16.—(1) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must ensure that —| (a) | any autonomous motor vehicle used in the approved trial or approved special use, and any accessory, sensor or equipment forming part of the vehicle, is at all times maintained in a state of good condition; and | | (b) | the autonomous system of any autonomous motor vehicle used in the approved trial or approved special use is at all times functioning properly, |
| such that no harm or damage is caused, or likely to be caused, to any person in the vehicle or any other person, or to any property. |
| (2) A specified person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $5,000. |
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| Data collection from data recorder |
17.—(1) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must ensure that every autonomous motor vehicle used in the approved trial or approved special use is installed with a data recorder that is capable of storing information when the vehicle is being used.| (2) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must ensure that the data recorder is in operation at all times when any autonomous motor vehicle is used in the approved trial or approved special use, whether or not the autonomous system of the vehicle is activated. |
| (3) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must ensure that data collected from the data recorder in an autonomous motor vehicle is in a digital format specified by the Authority, and kept for at least 3 years from the date of the recording, despite such period extending beyond the validity period of the authorisation. |
(4) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must ensure that the data recorder installed in an autonomous motor vehicle used in the approved trial or approved special use is able to capture the following information:| (a) | date and time stamp; | | (b) | vehicle locations in latitude and longitude (with the data recorder operating at a frequency of at least 2 Hz); | | (c) | speed of the vehicle (with the data recorder operating at a frequency of at least 2 Hz); | | (d) | the status of the vehicle, including whether the vehicle is operating manually, in autonomous mode, manual autonomous mode or in teleoperation mode; | | (e) | operator override history in terms of override type during the autonomous mode; | | (f) | sensor data; | | (g) | camera or video footage captured by —| (i) | an internal facing camera (capturing any person in the vehicle, steering wheel and partial part of front windscreen); and | | (ii) | an external front and rear facing camera. |
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| (5) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must ensure that any information that is captured by a data recorder installed in an autonomous motor vehicle used in an approved trial or approved special use is not edited. |
(6) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must, if required by the Authority by written notice —| (a) | relay data captured by the data recorder to the Authority, including information on a real‑time basis, in a format readable by the Authority; and | | (b) | give a copy of any data recorded in a data recorder to the Authority for the purposes of carrying out any investigations, inspections or audits. |
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| (7) A specified person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $2,000. |
| (8) A specified person who contravenes paragraph (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. |
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18.—(1) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must keep records of the approved trial or approved special use as will individually and collectively —| (a) | permit proper evaluations to be made of the approved trial or approved special use; and | | (b) | demonstrate that every participant of the approved trial or approved special use has complied with the conditions imposed by the Authority and any other requirements under these Rules. |
(2) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must ensure that the records —| (a) | are kept up‑to‑date at all times; | | (b) | are available at all times for inspection by the Authority or any person authorised by the Authority; and | | (c) | are kept at least until the later of the following dates:| (i) | the expiry of 3 years after the expiry or cancellation of the authorisation granted to the specified person for an approved trial or approved special use; | | (ii) | the expiry of such other period as the Authority may direct in any particular case. |
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| (3) The specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must, if required by the Authority by written notice, give a copy of the records to the Authority for the purposes of carrying out any investigations, inspections or audits. |
| (4) A specified person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $2,000. |
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| Duty to notify incidents and accidents |
19.—(1) A specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must, within such time and in such manner as the Authority may require, notify the Authority of —| (a) | any incident involving the malfunction of the autonomous system of an autonomous motor vehicle used in the approved trial or approved special use; and | | (b) | any accident involving the death, bodily injury or damage to property, of any person caused by, or arising out of, the use of an autonomous motor vehicle in the approved trial or approved special use. |
| (2) A specified person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $2,000. |
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| Power to require vehicles to undergo tests |
20.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the specified person for an approved trial or approved special use must, if required by the Authority by written notice —| (a) | produce any of the following before such person, and at such time and place, as the Authority may appoint:| (i) | any autonomous motor vehicle used in the approved trial or approved special use; | | (ii) | any item that is part of the infrastructure technology, or any equipment or device, used in relation to the autonomous motor vehicle or automated vehicle technology involved in the approved trial or approved special use; and |
| | (b) | subject the autonomous system or automated vehicle technology of any autonomous motor vehicle, or any autonomous motor vehicle, used in the approved trial or approved special use to tests, whether conducted by the Authority or by any other person specified by the Authority. |
(2) The Authority may give the notice under paragraph (1) only for any of the following purposes:| (a) | to assess the safety of the autonomous system or automated vehicle technology of an autonomous motor vehicle, or an autonomous motor vehicle, used in an approved trial or approved special use; | | (b) | to review the adequacy of the conditions of any authorisation; | | (c) | to ascertain if there is any contravention of the conditions of any authorisation or any provision in these Rules. |
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| (3) A specified person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $2,000. |
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