10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a postal operator or telecommunications operator must not make a disclosure of statistical information in respect of a reporting period until the day six months after the last day of the reporting period.
(2) A postal operator or telecommunications operator may not make a disclosure of statistical information during the period of 18 months beginning with the day on which that operator first provided assistance—
(a)to an intercepting authority in accordance with section 41(2) or 149(1) of the Act, or
(b)to an implementing authority in accordance with sections 126(1) or 190(1) of the Act.