- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person3
Applicant1
Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
Applicant — also bound by 307 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
42 duties
The Land Registration Rules 2003
25 duties
Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (Aircrew)
20 duties
Value Added Tax Regulations 1995
18 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.011
Payment of licence fee
Regulated
- Pay the licence fee by the deadline set by OFCOMAny Person
s.014
Notice to bidders
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- OFCOM must notify bidders of bid delivery details and publish bidder listStatutory regulator
s.018
Bid deposit
Regulated
- Pay further bid deposit to OFCOM on sealed-bid dayAny Person
s.022
Valid bids
Regulated
- Submit a valid sealed bid or forfeit your depositAny Person
s.026
Forfeit of deposit and exclusion from award process
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Ofcom must forfeit deposit and may exclude bidders who commit specified eventsStatutory regulator
s.029
Notification to OFCOM
Regulated
- Notify OFCOM using the prescribed method and addressApplicant
25 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and extent
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Applications for the grant of the licence
s.004
Application
s.005
Assessment of bidder groups
s.006
Subsequent changes to bidder groups
s.007
Determination of applicants who are qualified to bid
s.008
Publication of determination
s.009
Withdrawal of an application
s.010
Determination of number of bidders
s.012
Grant of licence
s.013
Completion of the award process
s.015
Bid documentation
s.016
Completion of the bidding document
s.017
Submission of sealed bids to OFCOM
s.019
Opening of sealed bids
s.020
Incomplete or defective completion of bid documents
s.021
Rejection of opened sealed bids from the award process
s.023
Winning bid and determination of licence fee
s.024
Grant of licence and payment of refund to winning bidder
s.025
Completion of the award process
s.027
Events
s.028
General power of exclusion
s.030
Changes to timing or location
s.031
Refunds
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.