Part 4: Consumer rights and disputes Consequential amendments etc and transitional provision Section 310: Transitional provisions relating to this Chapter
This section makes transitional provisions.
	Subsections (1) and (2) provide that the prohibitions on carrying out ADR under section 293(1) and on charging fees to consumers under section 294(1) do not apply in relation to ADR started before these prohibitions come into force. Subsection (3) defines when ADR is started for these purposes, which is when the dispute was first sent to or otherwise communicated to the ADR provider.
	Subsection (4) provides that the prohibition in section 294(3) on the charging of fees by a person carrying out ADR under special ADR arrangements does not apply to ADR started before that prohibition comes into force.
	Subsection (5) provides that the prohibition in section 293(2) on a person making special ADR arrangements does not apply in relation to special ADR arrangements made by that person before that prohibition comes into force where that person is an exempt or accredited ADR provider whose exemption or accreditation would cover the making of those special ADR arrangements.
	However, subsection (6) provides that, where that prohibition does apply, subsection (5) does not prevent the continuation of special ADR arrangements relating to ADR started before that prohibition comes into force.
	Subsection (7) provides that, for the purposes of the transitional provisions in subsections (4) and (6), ADR is taken as starting when the dispute is first referred to the ADR provider making the special ADR arrangements or the person carrying out the ADR under those arrangements, whoever receives it first.
	Subsection (8) provides that the requirement under section 308(3) to inform consumers about ADR or other arrangements available to them does not apply where the consumer’s complaint was received by the trader before the coming into force of that requirement.