Schedule 27, paragraph 1

Section 14 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (computation of prescriptive periods) is amended as follows. In the following places, for “relevant consumer dispute” or “relevant dispute” substitute “consumer contract dispute”— subsection (1D); subsection (1F); subsection (1G) (in each place where it occurs). In subsection (1D)— after “this Act is” (in the opening words) insert “, in a case where ADR is carried out in respect of the dispute,”; in paragraph (a)— for “the non-binding ADR procedure” substitute “the ADR”, and for “such a procedure” substitute “it”; in each of paragraphs (b) and (c), for “a non-binding ADR procedure” substitute “the ADR”. In the following places, for “the non-binding ADR procedure” substitute “the ADR”— subsection (1E); subsection (1G)(b) and (f); subsection (2) (in the definition of “qualifying request”). In subsections (1F) and (1G), for “a non-binding ADR procedure” substitute “ADR”. In subsection (2)— omit the following definitions— “ADR entity”; “ADR procedure”; “consumer”; “non-binding ADR procedure”; “relevant consumer dispute”; “sales contract”; “service contract”; “trader”; before the definition of “holiday” insert the following definitions— “ADR” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 4 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024; “ADR entity” means a person who carries out ADR in compliance with section 293(1) of that Act (which prohibits persons from carrying out ADR unless exempt, accredited, or acting under special ADR arrangements, in accordance with Chapter 4 of Part 4 of that Act); “consumer contract dispute” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 4 of that Act.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30