Section 305 Disclosure of ADR information by the Secretary of StateI1 I2 C1

United Kingdom

(1)

This section applies to any ADR information relating to ADR providers which—

(a)

is provided to the Secretary of State in response to regulations under section 303 or a direction under section 304, or

(b)

is otherwise held by the Secretary of State for the purposes of any function of the Secretary of State under this Chapter.

(2)

The Secretary of State may publish information to which this section applies for the purpose of providing information to consumers.

(3)

The Secretary of State may disclose information to which this section applies—

(a)

to any Minister of the Crown, government department or devolved authority;

(b)

to a regulator;

(c)

to a public designated enforcer (see section 151).

(4)

This section does not affect any power to disclose information apart from this section.

(5)

In this section “devolved authority” means the Welsh Ministers, the Scottish Ministers or a Northern Ireland Department.

Annotations

C1: S. 305: conferral of functions (6.4.2026) by The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Conferral of Functions) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/259), regs. 1(2), 3 (with regs. 9, 10)