{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-171",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-171.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "section/171",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "171",
  "heading": "OFCOM’s guidance about super-complaints",
  "text": "(1) OFCOM must produce guidance about complaints under section 169, which must include guidance about—\n(a) the criteria specified in regulations under section 169(3),\n(b) procedural matters relating to such complaints, and\n(c) any other aspect of such complaints that OFCOM consider it appropriate to include.\n(2) OFCOM must publish the guidance (and any revised or replacement guidance).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 171 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 171 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z21)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/section/171",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:47.656361+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}