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StatuteCompetition and Consumer Act 2010

Section 80AC — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Injunctions to prevent mergers if authorisation granted on the basis of false or misleading information

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If, on the application of the Commission, the Court is satisfied that: (a) a person is proposing to acquire shares in the capital of a body corporate or assets of a person; and (b) the person was granted a merger authorisation for the proposed acquisition on the basis of information that was false or misleading in a material particular; and (c) that information was given by the person or a body corporate that was related to the person; and (d) if that information had not been given, the authorisation would not have been granted; and (e) apart from the authorisation, the acquisition would contravene section 50 if it occurred; then the Court may grant an injunction in such terms as the Court determines to be appropriate.

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