{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-merger-fees-and-determination-of-turnover-order-2003/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-merger-fees-and-determination-of-turnover-order-2003/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1370",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-act-2002-merger-fees-and-determination-of-turnover-order-2003",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Time when fees are payable",
  "text": "(1) In a case falling within article 3(b) or (d), the fee shall be payable when the CMA publishes the merger reference or, as the case may be, publishes its decision that the duty to make such a merger reference does not apply.\n(2) In a case falling within article 3(c), the fee shall be payable when the Secretary of State publishes the merger reference, or as the case may be, when the Secretary of State’s decision not to make such a merger reference is published.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 9 substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/534), arts. 1, 10 (with art. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1370/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:23:41.640411+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}