Commentary on provisions of Act Section 22: Requirement not to disclose
This section gives the Secretary of State a power to require the recipients of certain documents given under sections 15 to 21 not to disclose them if doing so would be contrary to the interests of national security. It also gives the Secretary of State the power to prevent disclosure of consultations. It makes provision for the enforcement of these powers by adopting and adapting the Secretary of State’s powers to enforce compliance described at section 20.
	The section inserts new sections 105Z25 and 105Z26 into the 2003 Act.