Public Interest Merger Reference (Telegraph Media Group Holdings Limited) (Pre-emptive Action) Order 2026

Its path through Parliament

1. 19 February 2026
   Instrument created
2. 19 February 2026
   Instrument made (signed into law)
3. 19 February 2026
   Instrument comes into force as law
4. 19 February 2026 · Commons
   Laid before the House of Commons
5. 19 February 2026 · Lords
   Laid before the House of Lords
6. 19 February 2026 · Lords
   Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament
7. 19 February 2026 · Commons
   Communication declaring the instrument had come into operation before being laid before Parliament
8. 3 March 2026 · Lords
   Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)
9. 3 March 2026 · Lords
   Information paragraph provided by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)
10. 26 March 2026 · Commons and Lords
    Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)
11. 26 March 2026 · Commons and Lords
    Drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)
12. 26 March 2026 · Commons and Lords
    Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it is defectively drafted
13. 26 March 2026 · Commons and Lords
    Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI) draws the special attention of both Houses to the instrument on the grounds that it requires elucidation
14. 19 April 2026
    Objection period ends
15. 19 April 2026
    Instrument remains law
16. 19 April 2026 · Commons and Lords
    Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords