Schedule 17: Video sharing platform services: transitional provision etc Powers to amend Act to regulate app stores Section 215: Powers to regulate app stores
This section allows the Secretary of State to make regulations to amend the Act to bring app stores within its scope. The regulations may not be made until OFCOM has published its report about the use of app stores by children. The Secretary of State may make regulations imposing requirements on app stores if, having considered OFCOM’s report, they consider that there is a material risk of significant harm to children either on or by means of the app store (i.e. through the apps a child accesses).