This Act is formulated to encourage the research and development and the application of unmanned vehicle technology, and to create a sound and safe environment for innovative experimentation, so as to advance the development of industry technology and innovative services.

The competent authority of this Act is the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The definitions of terms as used in this Act are as follows:
1.Unmanned vehicle: refers to a driverless transport vehicle that may be an automobile, aircraft, ship or any combination of these items, which is operated through remote control or autonomous operation, and is equipped with the following technologies:
(1)Sensing Technology: a technology that can detect and identify the information about surrounding environment or the events occurred during driving.
(2)Positioning Technology: using navigation modules or ICT applications for position aid, geographical location transmission, and assisting in planning route, mission, etc.
(3)Monitoring Technology: using an automatic system, the monitoring operator maintains a continuous and two-way communication link with the unmanned vehicle to control the overall operating process, and obtain full control of the unmanned vehicle at any time.
(4)Decision-making and Control Technology: by integrating the information provided by the above-mentioned three technologies, this technology enables decision-making judgments on the path and mission planning, thus facilitating the control over the response and operation of the unmanned vehicle.
2.Unmanned Vehicle Technology: refers to the technology of unmanned vehicles or their associated application technologies.
3.Innovative Experimentation: refers to the experiments of unmanned vehicle technology, service and business operation for the purpose of innovative applications.
4.Experiment Participant: a participant of innovative experimentation who agrees to follow the instructions given by the applicant of innovative experimentation.
5.Experiment Stakeholder: refers to a person, other than the experiment participant, whose personal or property safety is affected by the innovative experimentation, as organized by the applicant of innovative experimentation.

In order to develop unmanned vehicle technology and innovative application services, assist in the application for innovative experimentation and provide regulatory advice, and help in assessing the feasibility of innovative experimentation, the competent authority may set up a dedicated unit, or may entrust juridical person to handle specific matters related to this Act.
The regulations regarding the qualifications, responsibilities, supervision of, and other compliance matters relating to, the authorized person, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, shall be determined by the competent authority.