Commentary on provisions of Act Section 6: Powers of Ofcom to assess compliance with security duties Section 105N: Power of Ofcom to assess compliance with security duties
Subsection (1) gives Ofcom the power to carry out, or commission others to carry out, an assessment of whether a provider is complying with (or has complied with) the security duties in sections 105A, 105B, 105C, 105D, 105J and 105K.
	Subsection (2) imposes a duty on providers to cooperate with an assessment. This would include not doing anything to disrupt an assessment, such as destroying documents to which access is sought or interfering with testing required by an assessment notice. The costs of an assessment will be borne by the provider.