Part 2: Competition Chapter 2: Mergers New section 70A
Subsection (1) of this new section requires the Secretary of State to give the CMA a notice (a "foreign state intervention notice") if the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to suspect that a foreign state newspaper merger situation (as defined in subsection (3)) has been created or its creation is in progress or under contemplation. Subsection (2) confirms that the situation in question must be specified in the notice, while subsection (6) confirms that the notice comes into force when it is given, and ceases to be in force when the matter to which it relates is finally determined.
	Subsection (3) sets out the circumstances in which a foreign state newspaper merger situation is considered to have been created. Subsection (3) applies existing provisions in the Enterprise Act relating to merger situations, with modifications as set out in new Schedule 6A, to circumstances where one of the enterprises which is being merged is a newspaper enterprise, and as a result of the merger, a foreign power is able to control or influence, or increase its level of control or influence over, the policy of the person carrying on the newspaper enterprise.
	Subsection (4) introduces new Schedule 6B which makes provision about the circumstances in which a foreign power is able to control or influence the policy of a person for the purposes of this Chapter.