Competition and Consumer Act 2010
45AWCommission must be notified of acquisitions
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45AW Commission must be notified of acquisitions
A person contravenes this section if:
(a) the person is a principal party to an acquisition; and
(b) the acquisition is required to be notified; and
(c) the acquisition is put into effect; and
(d) when the acquisition is put into effect:
(i) the acquisition is not a notified acquisition; or
(ii) no notification of the acquisition has an effective notification date (see section 51ABZ); or
(iii) the latest notification of the acquisition that has an effective notification date is stale.
Note 1: For when an acquisition is required to be notified, see Division 2 of Part IVA.
Note 2: For when an acquisition is stale, see section 51ABG.
Note 3: For enforcement, see Part VI.