(1) Where a digital service provider has its network and information systems in the State but has its main establishment in one or more member states other than the State or has designated a representative in a member state other than the State for the purposes of the Directive, the competent authority shall co-operate with the competent authority in the other member state in relation to the compliance by the digital service provider with its obligations under the Directive.

(2) The co-operation and assistance referred to in paragraph (1) may include one or more of the following:

(a) the sharing of information with the competent authority in the other member state in relation to the digital service provider;

(b) the consideration by the competent authority of any request made to it by the competent authority in the other member state to require the digital service provider to provide the competent authority with the information necessary for the security of the provider's network and information systems to be assessed by a relevant authority in the other member state, and