Guidelines on non-merger authorisation

The Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 5) Act 2019 was passed by Parliament on 18 February 2019 and will repeal ss 51(3); the change will take effect on 13 September 2019).

On 21 June 2019 the ACCC released draft guidelines about the repeal of this sub-section which provided limited exemptions for some IP-related conduct.

The draft guidelines set out the ACCC's understanding of the law.

Submissions are invited until 19 July 2019.