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MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS

Made 7th May 1992

Laid before Parliament 7th May 1992

Coming into force

Except article 5 7th May 1992

Article 5 14th May 1992

Whereas the Secretary of State, in the circumstances specified in subsection (1) of section 73 of the Fair Trading Act 1973^f1, has under consideration the making of an order under that section exercising powers specified in Schedule 8 to that Act for the purpose of remedying or preventing the adverse effects specified in a report of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission entitled “AAH Holdings plc/Medicopharma NV— a report on the merger situation”^f2;

And whereas, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the doing of the things specified in articles 3 and 5 of this Order might impede the operation of the order which he has under consideration as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in excercise of the powers conferred on him by section 89(2) and (3)(a) and (b) of the said Act^f3, and also of the powers conferred on him by sections 74(1)(a) and (b) and 134(2) of the said Act, and with a view to achieving the purpose for which the powers specified in paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to the said Act are proposed to be exercised by the order which he has under consideration as aforesaid, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: 1973 c. 41.
f2: Cm. 1950.
f3: Section 89(2) was amended by the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40), section 153 and Schedule 20, paragraph 15(2).