Commentary on provisions of Act Section 19: Monitoring directions: inspection notices Section 105Z14: Power of Ofcom to give inspection notices
Subsection (2) allows Ofcom to give inspection notices to providers where the Secretary of State has given Ofcom a monitoring direction under section 105Z12. Ofcom may only exercise this power for the purpose of obtaining information which they are required to obtain by a monitoring direction under section 105Z12. Inspection notice powers can only be used to gather information from providers that directly relates to assisting the Secretary of State with determining whether a provider has complied, or is complying with requirements imposed by a designated vendor direction.
	An inspection notice may impose a duty on the provider to take any number of actions set out in subsection (4), which include a duty to make persons available for interview and a duty to permit authorised persons (e.g. Ofcom employees) to enter specified premises (although not domestic premises) (subsection (5)).
	Subsection (6) states that an inspection notice may not require the provider to take actions that would violate legal privilege or to disclose information or documents that are prohibited from being disclosed by or under an enactment mentioned in section 105A(4).
	Subsection (7) states that an inspection notice must state the time in which each duty imposed by the notice must be complied with. An inspection notice cannot require a provider to do anything for a period of 28 days from the date the notice is given (subsection (8)).