PART 6Enforcement
The special purposes
179Effectiveness of the media's dispute resolution procedures
(1)
The Secretary of State must, before the end of each review period, lay before Parliament a report produced by the Secretary of State or an appropriate person on—
(a)
the use of relevant alternative dispute resolution procedures, during that period, in cases involving a failure, or alleged failure, by a relevant media organisation to comply with the data protection legislation, and
(b)
the effectiveness of those procedures in such cases.
(2)
In this section—
“appropriate person” means a person who the Secretary of State considers has appropriate experience and skills to produce a report described in subsection (1);
“relevant alternative dispute resolution procedures” means alternative dispute resolution procedures provided by persons who produce or enforce codes of practice for relevant media organisations;
“relevant media organisation” means a body or other organisation whose activities consist of or include journalism, other than a broadcaster;
“review period” means—
(a)
the period of 3 years beginning when this Act is passed, and
(b)
each subsequent period of 3 years.
(3)
The Secretary of State must send a copy of the report to—
(a)
the Scottish Ministers,
(b)
the Welsh Ministers, and
(c)
the Executive Office in Northern Ireland.