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179. Effectiveness 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 pe

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