Schedule 12: OFCOM’s powers of entry, inspection and audit Disclosure of information Section 116: Intelligence service information
This section places a duty on OFCOM to consult the relevant intelligence service before OFCOM discloses or publishes any information they have received (directly or indirectly) from that intelligence service.
	Subsection (1) sets out that OFCOM cannot disclose any information that they have received from an intelligence service, or information about an intelligence service, unless OFCOM have received consent from the intelligence service to disclose the information.
	Subsection (2) states that if OFCOM discloses information as set out in subsection (1) to a person, then that person must not further disclose the information unless they have received consent from the intelligence service to do so.
	Subsection (3) states that if OFCOM were to publish the documents set out in (a) and (b) which contain information set out in subsection (1), then OFCOM must remove or obscure the information that cannot be disclosed due to subsection (1) before the documents are published.