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UK Law Reference
All sections of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
2024 c. 13, s.21

Section 21 — Content of notice imposing a conduct requirement

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2025-01-01

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

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.