PART 2APPLICATION STAGE
Applications for the grant of licences
3. Applications for the grant of licences shall only be made in accordance with the procedure set out in these Regulations.
Licences which may be granted
4.—(1) The wireless telegraphy licences which may be granted pursuant to these Regulations are licences to —
(a)establish or use stations for wireless telegraphy; and
(b)install or use apparatus for wireless telegraphy;
in the United Kingdom.
(2) A maximum of four licences from a total of fifteen available licences may be granted pursuant to these Regulations.
(3) The frequencies on which the stations for wireless telegraphy and apparatus for wireless telegraphy are authorised to operate by each of the fifteen available licences shall comprise the fifteen combinations of frequency lots specified in paragraph (4).
(4) The fifteen combinations of frequency lots are —
(a)frequency lot A;
(b)frequency lot B;
(c)frequency lot C;
(d)frequency lot D;
(e)frequency lots A and B;
(f)frequency lots A and C;
(g)frequency lots A and D;
(h)frequency lots B and C;
(i)frequency lots B and D;
(j)frequency lots C and D;
(k)frequency lots A, B and C;
(l)frequency lots A, B and D;
(m)frequency lots A, C and D;
(n)frequency lots B, C and D;
(o)frequency lots A, B, C and D.
Application
5.—(1) Only a body corporate may apply to OFCOM for a licence.
(2) A body corporate may only make one application.
(3) To apply for a licence, a body corporate must, on the day specified by OFCOM for receipt of applications —
(a)deliver a sealed envelope to OFCOM at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA within the times on that day specified by OFCOM, containing —
(i)a document containing the application information required by Schedule 1, completed in respect of the applicant and signed on its behalf by two authorised persons;
(ii)a document, in the form set out in Schedule 2, completed in respect of the applicant and signed on its behalf by two authorised persons;
(iii)for each person who is not an associate of the applicant which the applicant wishes to join its bidder group, a document in the form set out in Schedule 3, completed by the applicant (and signed on its behalf by two authorised persons) and completed by and signed by or on behalf of the person in respect of whom that document is completed; and
(b)have paid into OFCOM’s bank account by a same day electronic transfer, with accompanying information which identifies the applicant, an initial deposit of twenty five thousand pounds.
(4) OFCOM shall provide notification of the day and times mentioned in paragraph (3) by publication of that information on their internet website.