Companies Act 1989

2 (1) In section 60 of that Act—

(a) in subsection (1) for “the period of three months beginning with the date of the” there is substituted “such period (not being longer than three months beginning with the date of the reference) as may be specified in the”,

(b) in subsection (2) for “original period of three months” there is substituted “period specified in the newspaper merger reference”, and

(c) in subsection (3) for “subsection (1)” there is substituted “the newspaper merger reference”.

(2) This paragraph does not apply in relation to any newspaper merger reference made before the passing of this Act.