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Enforced by: Takeover Panel
Status: In Force

What it defines

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Call-in for national security

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22 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Call-in notice for national security purposes

s.002 Further provision about call-in notices

s.003 Statement about exercise of call-in power

s.004 Consultation and parliamentary procedure

s.005 Meaning of “trigger event” and “acquirer”

s.006 Notifiable acquisitions

s.007 Qualifying entities and assets

s.008 Control of entities

s.009 Control of assets

s.010 Holding and acquiring interests and rights: supplementary

s.011 Exceptions relating to control of assets

s.012 Trigger events: supplementary

s.013 Approval of notifiable acquisition

s.014 Mandatory notification procedure

s.015 Requirement to consider retrospective validation without application

s.016 Application for retrospective validation of notifiable acquisition

s.017 Retrospective validation of notifiable acquisition following call-in

s.018 Voluntary notification procedure

s.019 Power to require information

s.020 Attendance of witnesses

s.021 Information notices and attendance notices: persons outside the UK

s.022 False or misleading information

Part 2

Remedies

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9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.023 Meaning of “assessment period”

s.024 Effect of information notice and attendance notice

s.025 Interim orders

s.026 Final orders and final notifications

s.027 Review, variation and revocation of orders

s.028 Orders: supplementary

s.029 Publication of notice of final order

s.030 Financial assistance

s.031 Interaction with CMA functions under Part 3 of Enterprise Act 2002

Part 3

Enforcement and Appeals

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21 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.032 Offence of completing notifiable acquisition without approval

s.033 Offence of failing to comply with order

s.034 Offences: information and attendance of witnesses

s.035 Offences in relation to sharing information

s.036 Offences by bodies corporate etc

s.037 Prosecution

s.038 Proceedings against partnerships etc

s.039 Offences: penalties

s.040 Power to impose monetary penalties

s.041 Permitted maximum penalties

s.042 Review, variation and revocation of monetary penalties

s.043 Monetary penalties: criminal proceedings and convictions

s.044 Recovering penalties

s.045 Monetary penalties: cost recovery

s.046 Review, variation and revocation of cost recovery notice

s.047 Enforcement of cost recovery notice

s.048 Enforcement through civil proceedings

s.049 Procedure for judicial review of certain decisions

s.050 Appeals against monetary penalties

s.051 Appeals against costs

s.052 Extra-territorial application and jurisdiction to try offences

Part 4

Miscellaneous

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9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.053 Procedure for service, etc

s.054 Disclosure of information

s.055 Disclosure of information held by HMRC

s.056 Duty of CMA to provide information and assistance

s.057 Data protection

s.058 Minor and consequential amendments and revocations

s.059 Overseas information disclosure

s.060 Defamation

s.061 Annual report

Part 5

Final provisions

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5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.062 Transitional and saving provision in relation to the Enterprise Act 2002

s.063 Regulations under this Act

s.064 Financial provision

s.065 Interpretation

s.066 Short title, commencement and extent

Schedules

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23 other schedules

s.sch001 If two or more persons each hold an interest or...

s.sch001 (1) An individual, A, is connected with another individual, B,...

s.sch001 (1) Two or more persons who share a common purpose...

s.sch001 (1) In this Schedule “arrangement” includes— (a) any scheme, agreement...

s.sch001 (1) If interests or rights held by a person and...

s.sch001 (1) An interest or right held indirectly by a person...

s.sch001 An interest held by a person as nominee for another...

s.sch001 (1) Where a person controls a right, the right is...

s.sch001 (1) Rights that are exercisable by a person only in...

s.sch001 Rights attached to shares held by way of security provided...

s.sch001 Two or more persons who are connected with each other...

s.sch001 (1) Two or more undertakings are connected if they are...

s.sch002 The Enterprise Act 2002 is amended in accordance with paragraphs...

s.sch002 In paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 8 (national security) omit “(within...

s.sch002 In consequence of the preceding paragraphs, the following are revoked—...

s.sch002 (1) Section 23 (relevant merger situations) is amended as follows....

s.sch002 Omit section 23A.

s.sch002 In section 35(7) (questions to be decided in relation to...

s.sch002 In section 36(6) (questions to be decided in relation to...

s.sch002 In section 48(3) (cases where references or certain questions need...

s.sch002 In section 58 (specified considerations), omit subsections (1) and (2)....

s.sch002 In section 59 (intervention by Secretary of State in special...

s.sch002 In section 153 (specified considerations), omit subsection (2).

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