Commentary on provisions of Act Section 22: Requirement not to disclose Section 105Z25: Requirement not to disclose
Subsections (1) and (2) give the Secretary of State the power to require the recipients of the following documents not to disclose their contents without the permission of the Secretary of State: designated vendor directions given under section 105Z1 and designation notices given under section 105Z8.
	Subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) give the Secretary of State the power to require the recipients of the following documents not to disclose their existence or contents without the permission of the Secretary of State: notifications of contravention under section 105Z18; confirmation decisions under section 105Z20; urgent enforcement directions under section 105Z22; or confirmation of urgent enforcement directions under section 105Z23.
	Subsections (7) and (8) provide that the Secretary of State may only exercise the above power where the Secretary of State considers that it would be contrary to the interests of national security for the contents of (or, as the case may be, existence of) the document to be disclosed (except as permitted by the Secretary of State).
	Subsection (9) gives the Secretary of State the power to require a person consulted about designated vendor directions or designation notices (or variations of the same) not to disclose anything about the consultation (or part of the consultation) without the permission of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may only exercise this power where the Secretary of State considers that it would be contrary to the interests of national security for these matters to be disclosed (subsection (10)).
	Subsection (11) states that where a person is subject to a non-disclosure requirement, disclosure by an employee of that person or by a person engaged in the person's business will be regarded as a disclosure by the person, unless they can show that they took all reasonable steps to prevent disclosure.