S.I. No. 381/1996:

REGULATIONS ENTITLED MERGER OR TAKE-OVER (NOTIFICATION FEE) REGULATIONS, 1996.

REGULATIONS ENTITLED MERGER OR TAKE-OVER (NOTIFICATION FEE) REGULATIONS, 1996.

I, Richard Bruton, Minister for Enterprise and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1A) (inserted by section 10 of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 1996 (No. 19 of 1996)) of section 5 of the Mergers, Take-overs and Monopolies (Control) Act, 1978 (No. 17 of 1978), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. ( a ) These Regulations may be cited as the Merger or Take-over (Notification Fee) Regulations, 1996.

( b ) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 1997.

2. The fee to accompany a notification, for the purposes of section 5 of the Mergers, Take-overs and Monopolies (Control) Act, 1978 (No. 17 of 1978), of a merger or take-over shall be £4,000.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 7th day of December, 1996

RICHARD BRUTON

Minister for Enterprise and Employment

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of these Regulations is to prescribe the amount of the fee to accompany notifications of mergers, take-overs or acquisitions in accordance with subsection (1A) (inserted by section 10 of the Competition (Amendment) Act, 1996 ) under section 5 of the Mergers, Take-overs and Monopolies (Control) Act, 1978 .