Draft Competition (Mergers and Acquisitions) Order

About the consultation

​We would like your feedback on the draft Competition (Mergers and Acquisitions) (Jersey) Order 202-.

Competitive and well-functioning markets help create the conditions for entrepreneurs and dynamic businesses to grow.​ To achieve this, we need a regulatory framework that is supportive and light-touch, yet strong enough to intervene effectively when required.​​

In November 2025, the States Assembly adopted the Competition Amendment (Jersey) Law 202-. This law updates the Competition (Jersey) Law 2005 . Its main aim is to help ensure that Islanders and businesses benefit as much as possible from effective competition in the economy.

For mergers and acquisitions, the changes seek to reduce administrative burden and costs for businesses. They will also allow the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority to better focus its limited resources. A key goal is to ensure Jersey’s mergers and acquisitions rules:

• focus on local competition
• give businesses more certainty
• reduce administrative procedures

As the next step, we're asking for your views on the draft Competition (Mergers and Acquisitions) (Jersey) Order 202-, which would replace the Competition (Mergers and Acquisitions) (Jersey) Order 2010. To support the goals above, the draft Order introduces a new notification test based on local turnover, gives the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority (JCRA) a call-in power, and sets out several appropriate exceptions.

Consultation paper: Draft Competition (Mergers and Acquisitions) Order

Draft Competition (Mergers and Acquisitions) (Jersey) Order​ 202-

How to submit comments to the consultation

Submit your comments by Friday 6 March 2026 either:

• by email to l.ament@gov.je
  
• in writing to:
• FAO Lukas Ament, Head of Competition and Intellectual Property 
• Department for the Economy 
• Government of Jersey 
• Union Street 
• St Helier 
• JE2 3DN

​​Data protection

Any information you give us will be handled in line with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018. You can read more in the Department for the Economy privacy notice. 

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• sending them to other interested parties 
• sending them to the Scrutiny Office 
• quoting them in a report 
• sharing them with the media 
  
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• listing them in a consultation summary

If you ask for your response to be confidential, we won't publish it, but we'll use it when we report on statistical information or the views we receive.

Under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, information you provide may be released if we receive an FOI request. We will not release any personal data.