Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024DMCCAUK · 2024 c. 13
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Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13) – Section 18 – Designation period

Sections

Section 18Designation period

(1) Where the CMA decides to designate an undertaking as having SMS in respect of a digital activity, the designation period is 5 years beginning with the day after the day on which the SMS decision notice is given.
(2) See—
  • (a)
    section 104 for circumstances in which the designation period may be extended, and
  • (b)
    sections 10 and 14(1)(b) for circumstances in which a designation may be revoked before the end of the designation period.

Annotations

Commencement Information

  1. I1 S. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)
  2. I2 S. 18 in force at 1.1.2025 by S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)

https://dmcca.digiphile.law/article/article-18.html

Text as at 7 October 2026.

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