In 2004 a new regulation Technical Advice Note 15 (or TAN 15) to reduce the amount of development in flood risk areas was passed by the government.

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There are currently a wide range of independent UK regulatory bodies, covering both public services and private industry, which provide functions relating to consumer protection, economic regulation, competition and fair trading policy, professional standards and technical oversight.

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Government regulation and legal liability could soon become bigger obstacles to the spread of autonomous vehicles than the technical challenges of making the systems reliable and cheap enough for mass-market vehicles.

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