SCHEDULE 3U.K.Requirements that a competent authority must be satisfied that the [F1person] meets

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5.  The [F1person] makes the following information publicly available on its website in a clear and easily understandable manner, and provides, on request, this information to any person on a durable medium—

(a)its contact details, including postal address and e-mail address;

(b)a statement that it has been approved as an ADR entity by the relevant competent authority once this approval has been granted;

(c)its ADR officials, the method of their appointment and the duration of their appointment;

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(e)the type of domestic disputes F3... which it is competent to deal with, including any financial thresholds which apply;

(f)the procedural rules of the alternative dispute resolution procedure operated by it and the grounds on which it can refuse to deal with a given dispute in accordance with paragraph 13;

(g)the language in which it is prepared to receive an initial complaint submission;

(h)the language in which its alternative dispute resolution procedure can be conducted;

(i)the principles the [F1person] applies, and the main considerations the [F1person] takes into account, when seeking to resolve a dispute;

(j)the preliminary requirements, if any, that a party to a dispute needs to have met before the alternative dispute resolution procedure can commence;

(k)a statement as to whether or not a party to the dispute can withdraw from the alternative dispute resolution procedure once it has commenced;

(l)the costs, if any, to be borne by a party, including the rules, if any, on costs awarded by the [F1person] at the end of the alternative dispute resolution procedure;

(m)the average length of each alternative dispute resolution procedure handled by the [F1person] ;

(n)the legal effect of the outcome of the dispute resolution process, including whether the outcome is enforceable and the penalties for non-compliance with the outcome, if any;

(o)a statement as to whether or not alternative dispute resolution procedures operated by it can be conducted by oral or written means (or both);

(p)the annual activity report required to be prepared under regulation 11(2).

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