Part 1: Call-in for national security Chapter 3: Approval of notifiable acquisition Section 13: Approval of notifiable acquisition
Section 13 provides that notifiable acquisitions which are completed without the approval of the Secretary of State are void. Subsection (2) sets out the ways in which the Secretary of State may approve a notifiable acquisition. Subsection (3) provides that a notifiable acquisition is void where it has been completed in a manner which is different to the stipulations of a final order (see section 26) made by the Secretary of State.