(1) If on completing the assessment of a proposed acquisition the Bank decides to oppose it, the Bank shall, within two working days, but before the end of the assessment period, so inform the proposed acquirer concerned in writing and give reasons for that decision.
(2) Subject to any other law, the Bank shall publish an appropriate statement of the reasons for the decision if the proposed acquirer concerned so requests. The Bank may in its discretion publish such a statement even without any request by the proposed acquirer.
(3) If the Bank does not give notice in writing within the assessment period in relation to a proposed acquisition that it opposes the acquisition, the acquisition is taken, for the purposes of any other law that requires the acquisition to have been approved by the Bank, to have been so approved.