Regulation 53 Extension to assignment stage round
Where—
OFCOM have not received a completed assignment stage bid form from a bidder by the time notified to bidders under regulation 50(b) as the end of the assignment stage round, and
paragraph (2) applies,
the time by which the bidder’s completed assignment stage bid form must be received by OFCOM shall be the time thirty minutes after the time notified to bidders under regulation 50(b) as the end of the assignment stage round.
This paragraph applies where OFCOM are satisfied that circumstances existed which were beyond the bidder’s control which had the effect that the bidder could not submit its assignment stage bid form so that it was received by OFCOM by the time notified to bidders under regulation 50(b) as the end of the assignment stage round.