{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-references-increase-in-value-of-assets-order-1994/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-references-increase-in-value-of-assets-order-1994/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/72",
  "legislation_title": "The Merger References (Increase in Value of Assets) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-references-increase-in-value-of-assets-order-1994",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 64(1) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 (circumstances in which a merger reference may be made), in paragraph (b) (value of assets taken over), for the sum of £30 million, there is hereby substituted the sum of £70 million:\nProvided that this variation shall not have effect in relation to any merger reference which was made to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission before the coming into operation of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/72/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:42:58.132833+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."
}