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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merger-references-increase-in-value-of-assets-order-1994/note",
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  "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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order increases from £30 million to £70 million the sum specified in section 64(1)(b) of the Fair Trading Act 1973. The Secretary of State may refer a merger to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission where, among other things, the value of the assets taken over exceeds the sum specified. The sum was previously increased, from £15 million, by the Merger References (Increase in Value of Assets) Order 1984 (S. I.1984/932).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/72/note",
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  },
  "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."
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