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70C. Intervention to prevent foreign control of a newspaper enterprise

(1) Subsection (2) applies where the Secretary of State has received a report under section 70B stating that the CMA believes 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) The Secretary of State must make an order containing such provision as the Secretary of State considers reasonable and practicable for the purposes of reversing or preventing the creation of the foreign state newspaper merger situation identified in the report.

(3) An order under subsection (2) may contain -

(a) anything permitted by Schedule 8 (provision that may be contained in certain enforcement orders), and

(b) such supplementary, consequential or incidental provision as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(4) An order under subsection (2) -

(a) comes into force at such time as is determined by or under the order,

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