{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-no-2-regulations-2007/regulation-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-no-2-regulations-2007/regulation-41.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3380",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) (No. 2) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-no-2-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/41",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Determination of the winning principal stage bids and the winning combination of principal stage bids",
  "text": "(1) The winning principal stage bids shall be those valid principal stage bids that comprise the winning combination of principal stage bids.\n(2) Unless paragraph (4) applies, the winning combination of principal stage bids shall be the valid combination of principal stage bids having the highest total value of amounts bid.\n(3) A valid combination of principal stage bids is any combination of valid principal stage bids within which—\n(a) there is at most one valid principal stage bid from any one bidder; and\n(b) in respect of each band, the bid total for that band for the bids included in the combination is not greater than the available total for that band.\n(4) Where there is more than one valid combination of principal stage bids for which the total value is equal highest, the winning combination of principal stage bids shall be determined in accordance with the order of precedence set out in paragraph (5) or, where paragraph (6) applies, in accordance with that paragraph.\n(5) The order of precedence shall be determined by the number of eligibility points associated with each such valid combination of principal stage bids in accordance with paragraph (7) such that valid combinations of principal stage bids with which a greater number of eligibility points are associated prevail over valid combinations of principal stage bids with which a lesser number of eligibility points are associated.\n(6) Where there is more than one valid combination of principal stage bids for which—\n(a) the total value is equal highest, and\n(b) the associated number of eligibility points is equal highest,\nOFCOM shall employ a method of random selection from amongst those valid combinations of principal stage bids to determine the winning combination of principal stage bids.\n(7) The number of eligibility points associated with a valid combination of principal stage bids shall be a number equal to the total of the eligibility points associated with each lot included in the selections of lots in the bids constituting that valid combination of principal stage bids in accordance with Schedule 7.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3380/regulation/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:32.715243+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}