Section 374: Repeal of exclusion for newspaper mergers from general merger controls

Communications Act 2003 · 2003 c. 21View on legislation.gov.uk

Communications Act 2003
- Section 373: Repeal of existing newspaper merger regime
- Section 375: Media public interest considerations

Part 5: Competition in communications markets — Chapter 2: Media mergers

Section 69 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40) (exclusion of newspaper mergers from references under Part 3 of that Act) shall cease to have effect.

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