Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Act 2024 (137 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Acquisitions

Part 2   Amendments commencing 1 July 2025

Division 1   Amendment of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010

Competition and Consumer Act 2010

70   After paragraph 171(3)(aa)

Insert:

(ab) the following information relating to the acquisitions provisions:

(i) the number of notification waiver applications made, and a general summary of the kinds of acquisitions to which the applications related;

(ii) the number of notifications of acquisitions made, and a general description of the kinds of acquisitions notified;

(iii) the number of notifications that the Commission decided were to be subject to phase 2 review, and a general summary of the circumstances in which the Commission made such decisions;

(iv) the number of acquisition determinations the Commission made that included conditions, and a general description of the kinds of conditions included;

(v) a general summary of the kinds of goodwill protection provisions specified in notifications of acquisitions (see subsection 51ABY(6));

(vi) the number of declarations the Commission included in determinations under subsection 51ABZG(1), and a general summary of the circumstances in which the Commission included such declarations; and