{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-and-investment-act-2021/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/25",
  "legislation_title": "National Security and Investment Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-and-investment-act-2021",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Call-in notice for national security purposes",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may give a notice if the Secretary of State reasonably suspects that—\n(a) a trigger event has taken place in relation to a qualifying entity or qualifying asset, and the event has given rise to or may give rise to a risk to national security, or\n(b) arrangements are in progress or contemplation which, if carried into effect, will result in a trigger event taking place in relation to a qualifying entity or qualifying asset, and the event may give rise to a risk to national security.\n(2) For the purposes of this Act, in considering whether a trigger event has taken place, or whether arrangements are in progress or contemplation which, if carried into effect, will result in a trigger event taking place, the effect of section 13(1) (notifiable acquisitions that are void) must be disregarded.\n(3) A notice under subsection (1) is referred to in this Act as a call-in notice.\n(4) If the Secretary of State decides to give a call-in notice, the notice must be given to—\n(a) the acquirer,\n(b) if the trigger event relates to a qualifying entity, the entity, and\n(c) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(5) The call-in notice must include a description of the trigger event to which it relates and state the names of the persons to whom the notice is given.\n(6) The Secretary of State may not give a call-in notice unless a statement has been published (and not withdrawn) for the purposes of section 3.\n(7) The Secretary of State must have regard to that statement before giving a call-in notice.\n(8) But nothing in the statement limits the power to give a call-in notice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 4.1.2022 by S.I. 2021/1465, regs. 2, 3 (with regs. 4, 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/25/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:58:12.956043+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}