Statutory instrument laid in the House of Commons and House of Lords, on Thursday, 19 February 2026 by Secretary Lisa Nandy on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Public Interest Merger Reference (Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited) (Pre-emptive Action) Order

Secondary information

Type: Statutory instrument
Reference: SI 2026/144
Session: 2024-26
Coming into force: Thursday, 19 February 2026
Procedure: Negative; 40 days scrutiny period
Laying authority: Act
Reported by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments: Yes
Related items: Communication declaring that the undermentioned Statutory Instrument had come into operation before copies were laid before Parliament, and explaining why such copies had not been so laid before the Instrument came into operation: Public Interest Merger Reference (Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited) (Pre-emptive Action) Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 144)
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Parliamentary papers
House of Commons
House of Lords; Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee fifty-third report
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords; Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments fifty-second report
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
House of Lords
Contains explanatory memorandum: Yes
Subjects: Competition Public interest Newspaper press Mergers Takeovers Telegraph Media Group DMGT
Legislation: Enterprise Act 2002; Public Interest Merger Reference (Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited) (Pre-emptive Action) Order 2026
Library location: Commons Library: UP 1756 2024-26
Link: View this Statutory instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk