The Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
These Regulations amend the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) (“the Act”) to create exceptions within the merger control regime in Chapter 3A of Part 3 of the Act, which prohibits foreign state newspaper merger situations. A foreign state newspaper merger situation is created where a merger involving a newspaper enterprise, which meets certain conditions as to turnover and share of supply, results in a foreign power being able to control or influence the policy of the person carrying on the newspaper enterprise, or being able to control or influence that policy to a greater extent.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
23 Jul 2025
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Comes into force
TBC
Enabling power
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 124(2) and (3) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 6B to, the Enterprise Act 2002and section 336 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. In accordance with section 124(6A) of the Enterprise Act 2002and section 337(3) of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, a draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
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