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.