uksi/2022/398 — The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Prescribed Form and Content of Notices and Validation Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2021/1272 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. 2022 No. 398 National Security The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Prescribed Form and Content of Notices and Validation Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 Made 28th March 2022 Laid before Parliament 29th March 2022 Coming into force 20th April 2022 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(4), 16(3) and 18(4) of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 . Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Prescribed Form and Content of Notices and Validation Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 20th April 2022. 2 These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Amendment of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Prescribed Form and Content of Notices and Validation Applications) Regulations 2021 2 The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Prescribed Form and Content of Notices and Validation Applications) Regulations 2021 are amended as follows— a in Schedule 1 in paragraph 21(d) after “national infrastructure” insert “sector” ; b in Schedule 2 in paragraph 25(d) after “national infrastructure” insert “sector” ; c in Schedule 3 in paragraph 29(d) for “critical national infrastructure” substitute “national infrastructure sector” . Callanan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 28th March 2022 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations correct errors identified by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments in its 22nd Report of 2021-2022 by amending the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Prescribed Form and Content of Notices and Validations Applications) Regulations 2021. In Schedules 1 and 2 references to ‘national infrastructure’ are replaced with ‘national infrastructure sector’ and in Schedule 3 ‘critical national infrastructure’ is replaced with ‘national infrastructure sector’.