(1) The Secretary of State must give the CMA a notice (a "foreign state intervention notice") if the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is or may be the case that -
(a) a foreign state newspaper merger situation has been created, or
(b) arrangements are in progress or in contemplation which, if carried into effect, will result in the creation of a foreign state newspaper merger situation.
(2) A foreign state intervention notice must describe the foreign state newspaper merger situation to which it relates.
(3) For the purposes of this Chapter a foreign state newspaper merger situation has been created where -
(a) as a result of two or more enterprises ceasing to be distinct, a relevant merger situation would have been created by virtue of section 23(1) if the modifications in Schedule 6A had effect,
(b) one of the enterprises concerned is a newspaper enterprise, and
(c) as a result of the enterprises ceasing to be distinct, a foreign power is able to contr
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