Commentary on provisions of Act Section 23: Power of Secretary of State Section 105Z28: Restrictions on imposing information requirements
Subsection (2) states that the Secretary of State must request information under section 105Z27 by way of a notice which (a) describes the information required and (b) sets out the reasons for requiring it.
	Subsection (3) states that the Secretary of State may only impose a requirement under section 105Z27(3) by way of a notice which sets out the requirement and the Secretary of State’s reasons for imposing it.
	Subsection (4) states that the Secretary of State does not need to set out the reasons for requiring the information specified in an information notice where doing so would be contrary to the interests of national security.
	Subsection (5) states that the Secretary of State must only require information under section 105Z27 where the demand is proportionate.
	Subsection (6) states that the Secretary of State is not to impose a requirement on a person under 105Z27(3) (i.e. a requirement to produce, generate, obtain, collect, retain, process, collate or analyse information), except where the imposition of the requirement is proportionate to the use to which the information is to be put in carrying out the Secretary of State’s functions.
	Subsection (7) states that the requirement to provide information under section 105Z27 does not require a person to disclose information that is legally privileged.