Part 4: Consumer rights and disputes Provision of Information etc Section 303: ADR information regulations
This section, pursuant to subsection (1), allows the Secretary of State, by regulations, which are subject to the negative parliamentary procedure, to require ADR providers and other persons to provide ADR information (see section 306(1)) to the Secretary of State (or to other persons to which functions are conferred under section 307), and/or to publish ADR information for the benefit of consumers.
	Subsection (2) specifies the persons on whom those requirements may be imposed. These are persons who are or have been: accredited ADR providers; exempt ADR providers; and persons carrying out ADR under special ADR arrangements. Furthermore, those requirements may, in relation to relevant ADR information (see section 306(2)), be imposed on regulators. The purpose of including regulators is to elicit information about ADR provision in regulated sectors which may, in particular, be useful for ascertaining the appropriateness of exempting, or continuing to exempt, relevant ADR providers such as under sectoral redress schemes.
	Subsection (3) limits the purposes for which information may be required, these being publication of information for the benefit of customers and monitoring or evaluating the accreditation regime and the provision and quality of ADR in the United Kingdom.
	Subsection (4) to (6) are self-explanatory.