Schedule 17: Video sharing platform services: transitional provision etc Powers to amend Act: alternative dispute resolution Section 217: Powers to impose duty about alternative dispute resolution procedure
This section provides the Secretary of State with the power to make regulations to place a requirement on providers of Category 1 services to arrange for, and engage in, an out of court, impartial alternative dispute resolution procedure (ADR duty).
	The Secretary of State has the power to make regulations to amend the Act in connection with the imposition on providers of Category 1 services of an ADR duty, with a non-exhaustive list of specific sections which may be amended set out at subsections (7) and (8). Regulations under this section cannot be made before the publication of a statement by the Secretary of State responding to OFCOM’s report about the content reporting and complaints procedures operated by providers of Part 3 services (see section 160).
	If the Secretary of State does exercise the power to make regulations making providers of Category 1 services subject to an ADR duty, the regulations also need to include provisions requiring OFCOM to (following consultation) produce guidance for providers of Category 1 services to assist their compliance with that duty.