(1) A notice under section 979 must be given in the prescribed manner.
(2) No notice may be given under section 979(2) or (4) after the end of -
(a) the period of three months beginning with the day after the last day on which the offer can be accepted, or
(b) the period of six months beginning with the date of the offer, where that period ends earlier and the offer is one to which subsection (3) below applies.
(3) This subsection applies to an offer if the time allowed for acceptance of the offer is not governed by rules under section 943(1) made in accordance with paragraph 13 or 14 of Schedule 1C.
In this subsection "the Takeovers Directive" has the same meaning as in section 943.
(4) At the time when the offeror first gives a notice under section 979 in relation to an offer, he must send to the company -
(a) a copy of the notice, and
(b) a statutory declaration by him in the prescribed form, stating that the conditions for the giving of the notice are satisfied.
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