Legislation – The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026

These Regulations make amendments to primary and secondary legislation in consequence of the coming into force of Part 4 Chapter 4 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13) (“the Act”) on 6th April 2026 and the revocation of the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes (Competent Authorities and Information) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 ADR Regulations”) (S.I. 2015/542).

Regulations 2 to 5 make consequential amendments to primary and secondary legislation removing redundant references of the 2015 ADR Regulations and in some cases, replacing them with a reference to Part 4 Chapter 4 of the Act.

Regulation 6 adds a point in time reference to article 71 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Claims Management Activity) Order 2018 to clarify that the reference to paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 to the 2015 ADR Regulations is fixed to the specific point at which article 71(7) came into force and does not reference the 2015 ADR Regulations as they exist following revocation.

The impact assessments completed for the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill, introduced to Parliament on 25th April 2023, contain an assessment of the effect that the reforms to the consumer regime will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector. They are available at: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3453/publications. Printed copies can be obtained from the Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, SW1A 2DY.