Announcement
22 Jun 2020
The government included a public interest consideration clause in the Enterprise Act 2002 allowing the government to intervene in foreign takeovers to ensure that the transactions do not threaten the UK’s ability to combat a public health emergency.
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1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
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Implementation date
22 Jun 2020
Revocation date:
03 Jan 2022
Updated: 22 Jun 2020
FDI: Entry and ownership rule
On 22 June 2020, the UK government issued an order amending the Enterprise Act 2002 (‘the Act’) in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. With the amendment, the government included a publi...
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