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Section 24 Power to make certain provision about dispute-resolution servicesI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

This section applies to Online Procedure Rules which provide—

(a)

for the transfer by electronic means of information held for the purposes of an online dispute-resolution service to a court or tribunal, or

(b)

for a court or tribunal to take into account, for any purpose, steps that a party to proceedings has or has not taken in relation to an online dispute-resolution service.

(2)

The Rules may be expressed so that their application in relation to a particular service depends on things done by a particular person from time to time.

(3)

The Rules may, for example, refer to such services as—

(a)

appear from time to time in a list published by a particular person, or

(b)

are from time to time certified by a particular person as complying with particular standards.

(4)

In this section—

  • “online dispute-resolution service” means a service accessible by electronic means for facilitating the resolution of disputes without legal proceedings;

  • “particular person” and “particular standards” include, respectively, a person of a particular description and standards of a particular description.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 24 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 51(4)

I2

S. 24 in force at 28.6.2023 by S.I. 2023/631, reg. 2