http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1369/contents/madeThe Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003Employment terms and conditionsDisclosureKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2016-04-18COMPETITION Sections 96 to 100 of the Enterprise Act 2002 enable mergers that qualify for investigation under that Act to be prenotified to the OFT. If such a merger notice is given to the OFT by one of the parties to the merger, a decision regarding reference must be made within certain time limits. These Regulations make further provision in relation to the operation of the merger notice procedures. They provide, inter alia, for the time at which a merger notice is to be treated as received; for the manner in which such a notice can be rejected and withdrawn and the time at which any notice is to be treated as rejected; for the manner in which information requested by the OFT is to be provided or disclosed; for the time at which any merger notice fee is to be treated as paid and the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as acting on behalf of the person giving a merger notice. The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 4The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(2)art. 3 Sch. 2 para. 1art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 5The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(3)art. 3art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 7The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(4)art. 3art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 8(1)The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(5)(a)art. 3 Sch. 2 para. 2art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 8(2)(3)The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(5)(b)art. 3 Sch. 2 para. 2art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 8 headingThe Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(5)(b)art. 3 Sch. 2 para. 2art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 8(5)The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(5)(c)art. 3 Sch. 2 para. 1 2art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 9-13The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(6)art. 3 Sch. 2 para. 1 2art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 14The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014Sch. 1 para. 9(7)art. 3art.001(1)The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003reg. 2(1)Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024s. 146(7)s. 339(1) The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003 1Citation and commencement 2Interpretation 3Person authorised to give a merger notice 4Time limit for disclosure of material information 5Time at which a merger notice is to be treated as received 6Rejection of a merger notice 7Withdrawal of a merger notice 8Provision of information to the OFT 9Extension of period for consideration of a merger notice for failure to provide information requested under section 99(2) 10Extension of period for consideration of a merger notice to seek undertakings 11Time at which notices relating to undertakings are to be treated as received 12Time at which section 97(7), (11) or (13) notices are to be treated as received 13Time at which fees are to be treated as paid 14Circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as acting on behalf of the giver of a merger notice 2003 No. 1369 COMPETITION The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Prenotification) Regulations 2003 Made 23rd May 2003 Coming into force 20th June 2003 The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 101 and 124(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002, hereby makes the following Regulations: 2002 c. 40.
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