28 Turnover testF1U.K.
(1)For the purposes of section 23 the value of the turnover in the United Kingdom of the enterprise being taken over shall be determined by taking the total value of the turnover in the United Kingdom of the enterprises which cease to be distinct enterprises and deducting—
(a)the turnover in the United Kingdom of any enterprise which continues to be carried on under the same ownership and control; or
(b)if no enterprise continues to be carried on under the same ownership and control, the turnover in the United Kingdom which, of all the turnovers concerned, is the turnover of the highest value.
(2)For the purposes of this Part (other than section 121(4)(c)(ii)) the turnover in the United Kingdom of an enterprise shall be determined in accordance with such provisions as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.
(3)An order under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision as to—
(a)the amounts which are, or which are not, to be treated as comprising an enterprise’s turnover;
(b)the date or dates by reference to which an enterprise’s turnover is to be determined;
(c)the connection with the United Kingdom by virtue of which an enterprise’s turnover is turnover in the United Kingdom.
(4)An order under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision enabling the decision-making authority to determine matters of a description specified in the order (including any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (3)).
(5)The OFT shall—
(a)keep under review the sum for the time being mentioned in section 23(1)(b); and
(b)from time to time advise the Secretary of State as to whether the sum is still appropriate.
(6)The Secretary of State may by order amend section 23(1)(b) so as to alter the sum for the time being mentioned there.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 23-32 applied (with modifications) (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1592), art. 2, Sch. 1
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]