Simplified outline of this Part
Certain acquisitions, including acquisitions of shares in the capital of a body corporate or of any assets of a person, are required to be notified to the Commission before they are put into effect if they are determined under Division 2. Division 3 provides for persons to notify proposed acquisitions to the Commission (including acquisitions that are not required to be notified). The Commission may determine that a notified acquisition may be put into effect if the Commission is satisfied it would not substantially lessen competition (Division 4). If the Commission does not make such a determination, the notifying parties may ask the Commission to determine that the proposed acquisition would be of public benefit (Division 5). Note: For the consequences of failing to notify the Commission of an acquisition, or for putting into effect an acquisition that the Commission has neither determined may be put into effect nor determined would be of public benefit, see Division 1A of Part IV.
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