{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-fees-regulations-1990/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-fees-regulations-1990/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1660",
  "legislation_title": "The Merger (Fees) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-fees-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Matters in respect of which fees are payable",
  "text": "A fee of the amount specified in Regulation 4 shall be payable in respect of—\n(a) subject to Regulation 3(1), an application for the consent of the Secretary of State under section 58(1) of the Act to the transfer of a newspaper or of newspaper assets;\n(b) the giving of a merger notice under section 75A(1) of the Act;\n(c) the making by the Secretary of State of a merger reference to the Commission under section 29(1) of the Water Act 1989;\n(d) subject to Regulation 3(2), the making by the Secretary of State of a merger reference to the Commission under section 64 or 75 of the Act;\n(e) subject to Regulation 3(2), the announcement by the Secretary of State of his decision not to make a merger reference in any case where, at the time the announcement is made, he would, under section 64 or 75 of the Act, have the power to make such a reference.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 75A was inserted by section 146 of the Companies Act 1989."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1199",
      "affecting_title": "The Merger (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1660/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:08:49.829639+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."
}