Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023

Information to be provided by qualified entities

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.