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UK Law Reference
All sections of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
2024 c. 13, s.323

Section 323 — Notifications in respect of requests for investigative assistance

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 .

(1) R must notify the Secretary of State that R has received a request for assistance from O where—

(a) R considers that it would be appropriate for R to assist O, and

(b) the Secretary of State has not given R a general authorisation to provide O with the assistance requested (see section 322(2)(b)).

(2) But subsection (1) does not apply where O’s request is made under or in accordance with a qualifying cooperation arrangement.

(3) R must notify O as to whether R will be providing the assistance requested and, where relevant, of any conditions imposed on that assistance (see section 322(6)).