{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-179",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-179.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/179",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "179",
  "heading": "Effectiveness of the media's dispute resolution procedures",
  "text": "(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—\n(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\n(b) the effectiveness of those procedures in such cases.\n(2) In this section—\n“appropriate person” means a person who the Secretary of State considers has appropriate experience and skills to produce a report described in subsection (1);\n“relevant alternative dispute resolution procedures” means alternative dispute resolution procedures provided by persons who produce or enforce codes of practice for relevant media organisations;\n“relevant media organisation” means a body or other organisation whose activities consist of or include journalism, other than a broadcaster;\n“review period” means—\n(a)the period of 3 years beginning when this Act is passed, and\n(b)each subsequent period of 3 years.\n(3) The Secretary of State must send a copy of the report to—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers,\n(b) the Welsh Ministers, and\n(c) the Executive Office in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 179 in force at 23.7.2018, see s. 212(3)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/179",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:55.804064+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}