Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023
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Information to be provided by qualified entities | ||
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18. (1) A qualified entity shall publish, on its website and in such other manner as the qualified entity considers appropriate, information relating to— | ||
(a) representative actions that the qualified entity brought before the Court, or, in a case brought in a Member State other than the State, the Member State in which the representative action is brought, | ||
(b) the status of the representative actions brought referred to in paragraph (a), | ||
(c) the outcomes of the representative actions brought referred to in paragraph (a), | ||
(d) any fee which may be charged in accordance with section 29 to a consumer who may be represented by it in that representative action, | ||
(e) information concerning its designation as a qualified entity in accordance with section 8 , and | ||
(f) information about the sources of its funding, its organisational, management and membership structure, its statutory purpose (if any) and its activities. | ||
(2) A qualified entity shall provide and update the information referred to in subsection (1) in a timely manner and by appropriate means, in order to ensure that a consumer who is seeking to be represented in any representative action by the qualified entity may request the qualified entity accordingly pursuant to section 24 . | ||
(3) Information referred to in subsection (1) shall be in such form as the Minister may prescribe. | ||
(4) A qualified entity shall provide a trader with the information specified in section 25 (4) with regard to consumers. |