Part 1: Call-in for national security Chapter 4: Procedure Section 17: Retrospective validation of notifiable acquisition following call-in
Section 17 applies where the Secretary of State has given a call-in notice in relation to a void notifiable acquisition (see Sections 15 and 16). Subsection (2) provides that, where a final notification is given in relation to the call-in notice (see section 26), the Secretary must also give a validation notice (see section 15) in relation to the acquisition. Subsection (3) specifies the persons to whom the validation notice must be given. Subsection (5) provides that, where a final order is made in relation to the call-in notice (see section 26), so much of the acquisition as is compatible with the final order is to be treated as having been completed with the approval of the Secretary of State and is not therefore void.