Modified application of certain Act provisions to approved trial and approved special use
21.—(1) For the purposes of an approved trial or approved special use, the specified person for the approved trial or approved special use is exempt from the application of sections 10, 11(1)(a) and (aa), (3), (5), (6) and (7A) and 29 of the Act in respect of any autonomous motor vehicle that —
(a)
is to be used in the approved trial or approved special use; and
(b)
is not registered under the Act.
(2) For the purposes of an approved trial or approved special use, section 11(4) of the Act as applied to any autonomous motor vehicle mentioned in paragraph (1) is modified in the manner set out in paragraph (3).
(3) The tax chargeable under section 11(1)(b) of the Act in respect of an autonomous motor vehicle mentioned in paragraph (1) is chargeable by reference to the following rates, based on the duration of the use of the vehicle in the approved trial or approved special use: