Part 2: Remedies Section 25: Interim orders
Section 25 enables the Secretary of State, whilst a national security assessment is ongoing, to make an interim order for the purpose of preventing or reversing pre-emptive action or mitigating its effects. "Pre-emptive action" is defined as action which might prejudice the exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions under the Act in relation to call-in notices (see section 1), i.e., in relation to national security assessments. This would include for example actions which might prejudice the imposition of appropriate remedies as part of a final order under section 26. The Secretary of State may only make an interim order if they reasonably consider that the provisions of the order are necessary and proportionate for the permitted purposes.
	Subsection (4) provides that an interim order may amongst other things include provision requiring persons to do, or not to do, particular things. An interim order may, for example, prohibit the parties to a trigger event in progress from completing the acquisition, or require that any existing integration is reversed.
	Subsection (5) sets out the permitted extra-territorial application of interim orders. An interim order may only apply to a person’s conduct outside the UK or the territorial sea adjacent to the UK if they are: (a) a UK national; (b) an individual ordinarily resident in the UK; (c) a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the UK; or (d) carrying on business in the UK.