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UK Law Reference
All sections of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
2024 c. 13, s.296

Section 296 — Applications for accreditation or variation of accreditation

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

This version in force from 2026-04-06

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 .

(1) A person who wishes to be an accredited ADR provider must—

(a) apply to the Secretary of State for accreditation to enable the person to carry out ADR or to make special ADR arrangements (or to do both), and

(b) pay to the Secretary of State the appropriate application fee (if any) prescribed by regulations under section 300.

(2) An application for accreditation to carry out ADR may be limited to one or more particular descriptions of ADR.

(3) An application for accreditation to make special ADR arrangements may be limited to one or more particular descriptions of special ADR arrangements.

(4) An accredited ADR provider may apply to the Secretary of State for their accreditation to be varied by the addition, variation or removal of—

(a) any limitation affecting the descriptions of ADR or special ADR arrangements (as the case may be) covered by the accreditation, or

(b) any condition on the accreditation.

(5) An application under subsection (4) must be accompanied by the appropriate application fee (if any) prescribed by regulations under section 300.

(6) The Secretary of State may determine the procedure to be followed in relation to an application for accreditation or an application for the variation of an accreditation.

(7) The matters which may be determined under subsection (6) include (among other things)—

(a) the form in which applications are to be made;

(b) the particular descriptions of ADR for which limited accreditation may be applied for and granted;

(c) the particular descriptions of special ADR arrangements for which limited accreditation may be applied for and granted;

(d) the information to be given by applicants.

(8) Section 295(4) applies for the purposes of subsection (7) as it applies for the purposes of section 295(3).

(9) The Secretary of State must publish anything determined under subsection (6) in a manner likely to come to the attention of potential applicants for accreditation.

(10) The powers of the Secretary of State under subsection (6) may be exercised differently for different purposes.