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DfT launches consultation on automated passenger services permitting regulations

The Department for Transport (DfT) has launched a consultation on a new statutory instrument to establish a permitting scheme for automated passenger services (APS) under the Automated Vehicles Act 2024. The consultation, which runs until 28 September 2025, includes draft regulations for the new scheme intended to provide a flexible regulatory framework for commercial self-driving pilots. The proposed regulations aim to address challenges in applying existing legislation to autonomous vehicle services and create greater regulatory certainty for businesses deploying such services.

DfT publishes draft SI for self-driving passenger services permit scheme

The Department for Transport (DfT), in conjunction with the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), has published the draft Automated Vehicles (Permits for Automated Passenger Services) Regulations 2026. The statutory instrument, made under the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, sets out procedural and administrative provisions to enable the permitting regime for automated passenger services (APS) to function. APS refers to services provided in road vehicles designed or adapted to travel autonomously, or used in trials aimed at developing such vehicles. The regulations apply to bus-like services in England, Wales and Scotland, and to taxi- and private hire-like services in England. The draft SI accompanies a public consultation launched, which seeks responses sought by 28 September 2025, ahead of pilot deployments expected from spring 2026.

AI developers, users see EU’s guidelines on general-purpose AI models

MLex: The European Commission published on 18 July 2025 its guidelines on the EU AI Act’s rules for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models, setting out its interpretation of the provisions’ scope, key concepts and application. The document outlines compute thresholds for defining a model as GPAI, and for when a modification constitutes the creation of a new model. It also explains when a model is considered as placed in the EU market, which models will fall under the open-source exception and how the requirements will be applied to models already on the market.

Ofcom sets out six recommendations for PSM reform

The Office of Communications (Ofcom) has published recommendations for strengthening Public Service Media (PSM) following its December 2024 assessment of Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs). However, the report highlights that the rapidly evolving UK media landscape, dominated by global tech platforms offering hyper-personalised content, is reshaping how audiences discover and consume media, thereby presenting significant challenges. Ofcom's six-point plan addresses content prominence on platforms like YouTube, sustainable funding mechanisms, TV distribution infrastructure, PSB partnerships, media literacy, and regulatory modernisation. The recommendations follow Ofcom's statutory five-year review which concluded that PSBs—including BBC, ITV, channel 4, channel 5, STV and S4C—had fulfilled their broadcasting purposes during 2019–2023.

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