Formal merger review process guidelines 2008
Date published: 30th June 2008
This is an updated version of the Formal merger review process guidelines (originally published in 2006).
The Formal merger review process guidelines explain and discuss the formal merger clearance and merger authorisation processes available to merging parties under the Act, especially for mergers and acquisitions subject to s. 50 of the Act.
This publication has been updated to refer to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 which replaced the Trade Practices ACT 1974 on 1 January 2011. For more information on the Australian Consumer Law changes see www.consumerlaw.gov.au
No printed version of this publication is available.
An electronic version of this publication is available at no cost.
| 29th April 2011 |
| Recent reforms to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act) have necessitated amendments to the Formal Process Guidelines. The ACCC has made some changes to the Formal Review Guidelines, as contained in the following Addendum. |
 Formal Merger Review Process Guidelines addendum.pdf (141.7 KB) |
| Formal Merger Review.pdf (337.9 KB) |