Regulation 3 Circumstances in which certain fees are not payable
A fee shall not be payable under Regulation 2(a) in respect of 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—
where an application has been made by the same person within the previous six months in relation to the transfer to the same person of the same newspaper or the same newspaper assets and that application was expressed to depend on the operation of section 58(3) or (4) of the Act; or
the value of the newspaper or newspaper assets transferred is less than £100,000.
A fee shall not be payable under Regulation 2(d) in respect of a merger reference or under Regulation 2(e) in respect of the announcement by the Secretary of State of his decision not to make a merger reference—
where a fee has been paid under Regulation 2(b) in respect of a merger notice given in relation to proposed arrangements and either—
the merger reference or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State’s decision not to make a merger reference is made in relation to those arrangements, or
if the fee under Regulation 2(b) became due within the previous six months, the result of carrying those arrangements into effect is the creation or possible creation of the merger situation qualifying for investigation which is the subject of the merger reference or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State’s decision not to make a merger reference;
where the creation or possible creation of the merger situation depends or would depend on the operation of section 65(3) or (4)(b) of the Act.