Schedule 4: Codes of practice under section 41: principles, objectives, content Guidance Section 54: OFCOM’s guidance about protecting women and girls
Subsections (1) and (4) require OFCOM to produce and publish guidance for Part 3 service providers on content and activity that disproportionately affects women and girls. This guidance covers content and activity relevant to user-to-user and search services’ duties under Part 3 and Part 4 of the Act, such as the illegal content duties, child safety duties, the provisions regarding complaints and reporting, user empowerment duties and the duties regarding terms of service.
	Subsection (2) notes that OFCOM has discretion about what it puts into the guidance, but it is likely it would summarise the relevant measures set out in the various codes of practice in one place, and potentially add in additional illustrations of best practice. This would ensure providers could easily consider the measures to protect women and girls in a holistic way.
	Subsection (3) specifies that OFCOM has a duty to consult with the Victim’s Commissioner and Domestic Abuse Commissioner before producing and whilst amending the guidance, as well any other persons it considers appropriate.