Part 4: Consumer rights and disputes Provision of Information etc Section 304: ADR information directions
This section, pursuant to subsection (1), allows the Secretary of State to give a direction requiring a person to provide the Secretary of State with ADR information.
	The purpose of this section is to allow the Secretary of State to require information of a specific kind from a particular person, as and when it is needed, in contrast with the requirements imposed by regulations under section 303 which are more general in their application and envisage provision of information at regular intervals.
	Subsection (2) specifies the persons to whom directions may be given and mirrors section 303(2).
	Subsection (3) specifies the purposes for which a direction may be given. The purposes mirror those in section 303(3) but, in addition, include any other purposes connected with the exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions under Chapter 4.
	Subsections (4) to (7) are self-explanatory.