Section 45AW — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Commission must be notified of acquisitions

A person contravenes this section if: (a) the person is a principal party to an acquisition; and (b) the acquisition is required to be notified; and (c) the acquisition is put into effect; and (d) when the acquisition is put into effect: (i) the acquisition is not a notified acquisition; or (ii) no notification of the acquisition has an effective notification date (see section 51ABZ); or (iii) the latest notification of the acquisition that has an effective notification date is stale. Note 1: For when an acquisition is required to be notified, see Division 2 of Part IVA. Note 2: For when an acquisition is stale, see section 51ABG. Note 3: For enforcement, see Part VI.