Part 1: Call-in for national security Chapter 2: Interpretation Section 8: Control of entities
Section 8 defines the circumstances in which a person gains control of a qualifying entity for the purposes of the Act. This constitutes a "trigger event" and may be subject to assessment under the national security regime if the call-in test is met. This section also makes clear when the additional acquisition of shareholdings or rights in an entity will constitute a "trigger event".
	There are four cases in which a person gains control of a qualifying entity, which are summarised below:
a person increasing the percentage of shares that they hold in the entity by a specified proportion (section 8(2));
a person increasing the voting rights that they hold in the entity by a specified proportion (section 8(5));
a person acquiring voting rights in the entity which give powers to secure or prevent the passage of any resolution governing the affairs of that entity (section 8(6)), for instance in the case of an entity that does not conform to the thresholds for passing or blocking resolutions in Schedule 1A to the Companies Act 2006; or,
a person acquiring a right or interest in, or relation to, the entity which enables them to materially influence the policy of that entity (section 8(8)).