# The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Information) Regulations 2026, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024;
“the ADR authority” means—
(a) any person on which functions are conferred by regulations made under section 307 of the Act; or
(b) where there is no such person, the Secretary of State;
“durable medium” means paper or email, or any other medium that—
(a) allows information to be addressed to the recipient;
(b) enables the recipient to store the information in a way accessible for future reference for a period that is long enough for the purposes of the information; and
(c) allows the unchanged reproduction of the information stored.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/293/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024-alternative-dispute-resolution-information-regulations-2026/regulation-2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.