(1) A person who wishes to be an accredited ADR provider must -

(a) apply to the Secretary of State for accreditation to enable the person to carry out ADR or to make special ADR arrangements (or to do both), and

(b) pay to the Secretary of State the appropriate application fee (if any) prescribed by regulations under section 300.

(2) An application for accreditation to carry out ADR may be limited to one or more particular descriptions of ADR.

(3) An application for accreditation to make special ADR arrangements may be limited to one or more particular descriptions of special ADR arrangements.

(4) An accredited ADR provider may apply to the Secretary of State for their accreditation to be varied by the addition, variation or removal of -

(a) any limitation affecting the descriptions of ADR or special ADR arrangements (as the case may be) covered by the accreditation, or

(b) any condition on the accreditation.