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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-and-investment-act-2021/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-and-investment-act-2021/section-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Meaning of “trigger event” and “acquirer”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act, a “trigger event” takes place when—\n(a) a person gains control of a qualifying entity, as set out in section 8, or\n(b) a person gains control of a qualifying asset, as set out in section 9.\n(2) In this Act “acquirer” means the person who gains the control referred to in subsection (1) (or in relation to a trigger event that has not yet taken place, would gain that control).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 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/5",
    "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."
}