# The Fair Trading Act (Amendment) (Newspaper mergers) Order 1995, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases the threshold below which the Secretary of State has a discretion to give his consent to a newspaper merger requiring his consent without referring the matter to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission for investigation and report.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1351/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fair-trading-act-amendment-newspaper-mergers-order-1995/note
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