Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13) – Section 21 – Content of notice imposing a conduct requirement

Sections

Section 21Content of notice imposing a conduct requirement

A notice under section 19(1) or (2) must include, in relation to each conduct requirement or, as the case may be, each conduct requirement as varied, a statement of—

(a)
the conduct requirement and the relevant digital activity to which it relates;
(b)
the CMA’s reasons for imposing the conduct requirement, including—
- (i)
  the objective for the purposes of which the CMA considers it is proportionate to impose the conduct requirement (see section 19(5)),
- (ii)
  the benefits that the CMA considers would likely result from the conduct requirement (see section 19(10)), and
- (iii)
  the permitted type of requirement to which the CMA considers the conduct requirement belongs (see section 20);
(c)
when the conduct requirement comes into force;
(d)
the last day of the designation period for the designation to which the conduct requirement relates;
(e)
how the conduct requirement interacts with any other conduct requirement that has been imposed on the undertaking.

Annotations

Commencement Information

I1 S. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)
I2 S. 21 in force at 1.1.2025 by S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)

https://dmcca.digiphile.law/article/article-21.html

Text as at 7 October 2026.

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