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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-70G",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002/section-70G.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/40",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002",
  "path": "section/70G",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70G",
  "heading": "Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations change the meaning of—\n(a) “foreign power”, or\n(b) “newspaper”,\nfor the purposes of this Chapter.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1)(a) may, among other things—\n(a) provide for a description of person to be treated as if they were not a foreign power, and\n(b) frame any such description by reference to—\n(i) the independence of persons from other descriptions of foreign power, or\n(ii) the interest which persons have in a newspaper enterprise.\n(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations apply any provision made by or under Chapter 1, with or without modifications, for the purposes of this Chapter (including by way of amendments to the modifications in Schedule 6A).\n(4) Regulations under this section may, among other things, make provision having effect on or after 13 March 2024.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 Ch. 3A inserted (24.5.2024) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(2)(a), Sch. 7 para. 2 (with s. 130(2)(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/40/section/70G",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:09:23.548614+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}