UK Statutory Instrument
2020
United Kingdom
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2020
At a glance
What's here
17 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 10
- Applicant 2
- Director or Officer 2
Plus 3 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
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Contact telephone number
Contact mobile telephone number
Contact electronic mail address
2. Authorised persons
Provide details of the name and position in the applicant...
3. Directors or members of managing body
Provide the name and job title of each of the...
4. Applicant group
Provide the names of the applicant's associates (as defined in...
Provide the names of all other members of the applicant...
5. Qualification to bid
In relation to the determination by the Office of Communications...
6. Other information
Provide a brief description of the substance of—
7. Existing spectrum holdings
Confirm that the applicant has provided the details of existing...
8. Warranty
Provide the following warranty—
“[Insert name of applicant] (the “applicant”) represents and warrants to...
1. Details of the applicant
Provide the following details for the applicant—
Applicant's full name
Registered number of company
Registered office of company
Bank sort code and account number
Name of individual contact within applicant
Contact address (if different from registered office)
[Insert name of applicant or bidder] (the “applicant/bidder”) wishes to...
Under regulation 11 of the Regulations an applicant shall not...
Applicant/bidder
The applicant/bidder undertakes to inform OFCOM immediately if it becomes...
[Insert name of person to be included in applicant or bidder group who is not an associate]
[Insert name of person to be included in applicant or...
Additional price
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Second requirement
Third requirement
Fourth requirement
Interpretation
Additional price
First requirement
Second requirement
Third requirement
Fourth requirement
Interpretation
Additional price
First requirement
Second requirement
Third requirement
Fourth requirement
Interpretation
[Insert name of bidder] is party to a partial adjacency...
The parties to the agreement are [Insert names of each...
[Insert name of bidder] has agreed with the other parties...
The bidders that are party to the partial adjacency agreement...
The party to be assigned the lowest frequency block of...
The party to be assigned the highest block of 3.6...
The order of any parties to be assigned frequency blocks...
[Insert name of bidder] hereby makes the additional required bids...
[Signed by two authorised persons]
[Insert name of bidder] is party to a full adjacency...
The parties to the agreement are [Insert names of each...
[Insert name of bidder] has agreed with the other parties...
Where in any row in the table the box provided...
[Signed by two authorised persons]
Subsequent changes to bidder groups
- Notify OFCOM if you change your bidder group during the spectrum auction Applicant
Additional deposit before the first principal stage round
- Pay additional £900,000 deposit to participate in spectrum auction Director or Officer
Recording of existing spectrum holdings
- Notify OFCOM of any change in your spectrum holdings after recording Any Person
Principal stage form
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- OFCOM must provide principal stage forms to bidders Statutory regulator
Maximum and minimum number of principal stage bids for 3.6 GHz lots, 700 MHz individual frequency lots and 700 MHz paired frequency lots
- Limit your principal stage bids for spectrum lots Any Person
Overall bid constraint rule
- Do not bid above your overall spectrum constraint in any principal round Any Person
Number of principal stage bids following assignment of standing high bid status
- Maintain or increase high-standing bid count in next round Director or Officer
Eligibility rule
- Do not exceed your eligibility points limit in a principal stage round Any Person
Deposit constraint on bidding
- Bidder barred from further bidding if deposit not paid Any Person
Submission of principal stage form to OFCOM
- Submit principal stage form to OFCOM by deadline using electronic system Any Person
Alternative method for submission of principal stage form
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Ofcom must provide alternative submission method if electronic auction fails Statutory regulator
Assignment stage form
- Complete and submit an assignment stage form to Ofcom Any Person
3.6 GHz assignment stage bids
- Submit optional assignment-stage bid for specific 3.6 GHz spectrum Any Person
Submission of assignment stage form to OFCOM
- Submit completed assignment stage form to OFCOM on time Any Person
Alternative method for submission of assignment stage form
- Submit assignment stage form using alternative method if electronic system fails Any Person
Notification to OFCOM
- Notify OFCOM using the specified method when required or choosing to Applicant
Changes to round times and use of electronic auction system
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- OFCOM must notify bidders of revised round times or alternative auction methods Statutory regulator
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Applicant/bidder
Citation, commencement, and extent
Interpretation
Applications for the grant of a licence
Application
Meaning of existing spectrum holdings
Notification of names of applicants and associates
Recording of applicant group members
Changes to existing spectrum holdings
Fitness to hold a licence
Qualification to participate in the award process
Publication of names of qualified applicants
Withdrawal of an application
Determination of number of bidders
Determination of a bidder's eligibility limit for the first principal stage round
Determination of overall bid constraints
Principal stage, assignment stage and grant stage
Principal stage rounds
Principal stage bids
Number of principal stage rounds
Round prices for the first principal stage round
Determination of round prices for subsequent principal stage rounds
Round price for 3.6 GHz lots
Round price for 700 MHz individual frequency lots
Round price for 700 MHz paired frequency lots
Assignment of standing high bid status by OFCOM after the end of each principal stage round
Process for assigning standing high bid status: ranking the bidders
Process for assigning standing high bid status: ranking the bids
Process for assigning standing high bid status: assigning standing high bid status to the bids
Determination of the winning principal stage bids
Determination of base price
Determination of total base price
Request by a bidder to carry forward its eligibility limit
Determination of a bidder's eligibility limit
Eligibility points used by a bidder
Eligibility event
Notice to be given to bidders before each principal stage round
Notification of information to bidders after the end of each principal stage round
Publication of information at the end of each day during the principal stage
Notification of results of the principal stage to bidders
Publication of results of the principal stage
Incomplete or defective principal stage form
Notification that principal stage form is not valid
Deposits during the principal stage
Required final principal stage deposit
No assignment stage if there are no winning principal stage bidders
Assignment stage process
Assignment of numbered 3.6 GHz lots without bidding
Assignment of 700 MHz individual frequency lots without bidding.
Assignment of 700 MHz paired frequency lots without bidding
Assignment of 3.6 GHz lots by bidding
Assignment of numbered 700 MHz individual frequency lots by bidding
Assignment of numbered 700 MHz paired frequency lots by bidding
Assignment stage round
Valid assignment stage form
Notification that an assignment stage form is not valid
Bidding for numbered 3.6 GHz lots in the assignment stage
Preparing a 3.6 GHz assignment stage option list for each bidder
Bidding for numbered 700 MHz individual frequency lots in the assignment stage
Preparing a 700 MHz individual frequency lot assignment stage option list for each bidder
700 MHz individual frequency lot assignment stage bids
Bidding for numbered 700 MHz paired frequency lots in the assignment stage
Preparing a 700 MHz paired frequency lot assignment stage option list for each bidder
700 MHz paired frequency lot assignment stage bids
Notice to bidders before the assignment stage round
Incomplete or defective assignment stage form
Required assignment stage deposit
Full adjacency agreement
Partial adjacency agreement
Notice to bidders before the negotiation period
Notice to OFCOM of bidders' desire to participate in the negotiation period
Valid full adjacency agreement
Valid partial adjacency agreement
Additional required bids in the case of a partial adjacency agreement
Consequence of additional required bids
Rejection of full adjacency agreement forms submitted to OFCOM at a time outside the first phase and second phase of the negotiation period
Rejection of partial adjacency agreement forms submitted to OFCOM at a time outside the second phase of the negotiation period
Only one valid adjacency agreement
First form delivered within a negotiation phase by a winning bidder for 3.6 GHz lots to be used by OFCOM
Incomplete or defective adjacency agreement forms
The end of the first phase of the negotiation period
Determination of assignment of 3.6 GHz lots where there is a valid full adjacency agreement
Determination of the winning 3.6 GHz assignment stage bids where there are one or more valid partial adjacency agreements
Determination of the winning 3.6 GHz assignment stage bids where there is no valid full adjacency agreement and no valid partial adjacency agreement
Determination of 3.6 GHz lot additional prices where there is a valid full adjacency agreement
Determination of 3.6 GHz lot additional prices where there is one or more valid partial adjacency agreements
Determination of 3.6 GHz lot additional prices where there is no adjacency agreement
Determination of the winning 700 MHz individual frequency lot assignment stage bids
Determination of 700 MHz individual frequency lot additional prices
Determination of the winning 700 MHz paired frequency lot assignment stage bids
Determination of 700 MHz paired frequency lot additional prices
Notification of results of the assignment stage
Interpretation
Determination of licences, licence fees and frequencies associated with particular licences
Licences which may be granted under this award process
Licence fee payable by a winning bidder for a 3.6 GHz licence
Licence fee payable by a winning bidder for a 700 MHz licence
Particular frequencies to be included in 3.6 GHz licence granted to a winning bidder
Particular frequencies to be included in 700 MHz lot licence granted to a winning bidder
Determination of the total auction sum payable by winning bidders to OFCOM
Notification of the total auction sum payable by winning bidders to OFCOM
Further payment where the amount of a winning bidder's deposit is less than its total auction sum
Entitlement to the grant of licences
Grant of licences
Refunds
Notification to bidders following the grant of licences
Completion of the award process
Forfeit of deposit and exclusion from award process
Bids made by an excluded bidder
Events
General power of exclusion
Changes to timing or location
Rerunning rounds
Refunds
Deposits
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