Commentary on provisions of Act Section 21: Urgent enforcement directions Section 105Z22: Urgent enforcement direction
Subsection (1) sets out the circumstances in which the Secretary of State may give an urgent enforcement direction. These are that: (a) there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person has contravened a requirement imposed by a designated vendor direction under section 105Z1 or a requirement not to disclose under section 105Z25; (b) the case is urgent; and (c) urgent action is appropriate.
	Subsection (2) states that an urgent case is one which creates an immediate risk of (a) a serious threat to national security or (b) significant harm to the security of a public electronic communications network, service, or associated facility.
	Subsection (3) sets out what an urgent enforcement direction must contain. For example, it must require the recipient to take steps that the Secretary of State considers appropriate for complying with the requirement or remedying the consequences of the contravention (subsection (4)).
	Subsection (5) states that the requirement to give reasons for giving an urgent enforcement direction does not apply where the Secretary of State considers that specifying reasons in the direction would be contrary to the interests of national security.