# The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2007, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
(a) “associate” means, in relation to an applicant or bidder, a person who has a material interest in that applicant or bidder;
(b) “authorised person” means a person specified by an applicant in its application as authorised to bind that applicant for all purposes relating to the award process;
(c) “bid” has the meaning given in regulation 16;
(d) “bid deposit” has the meaning given in regulation 18;
(e) “bidder” has the meaning given in regulation 10(1);
(f) “bidding document” has the meaning given in regulation 15(a);
(g) “bidder group” means, in relation to an applicant or bidder—
(i) that applicant or bidder;
(ii) each associate of that applicant or bidder; and
(iii) each person in respect of whom the applicant or bidder has delivered to OFCOM a completed document in the form set out in Schedule 3;
(h) “last day for withdrawal” has the meaning given in regulation (9)(1);
(i) “licence” means the wireless telegraphy licence to establish or use stations for wireless telegraphy or install or use apparatus for wireless telegraphy in Northern Ireland operating in the frequencies 1785 megahertz to 1805 megahertz to be granted pursuant to these Regulations;
(j) “material interest” means, whether held directly or indirectly:—
(i) any interest (construed in accordance with sections 820 to 825 of the Companies Act 2006 in —
(aa) shares carrying more than twenty five percent of the votes entitled to be cast at a general meeting of the applicant or bidder; or
(bb) shares, where the consent of the holder of those shares is required for the conduct of any business of the applicant or bidder; or
(ii) the right to appoint or remove a majority of the applicant’s or bidder’s board of directors;
(k) “OFCOM’s bank account” means the bank account nominated by OFCOM for the purposes of the award process and published on their internet website;
(l) “pounds” means pounds sterling;
(m) “sealed bid” has the meaning given in regulation 17(2);
(n) “sealed bid delivery period” has the meaning given in regulation 14(1)(a);
(o) “valid bid” has the meaning given in regulation 22;
(p) “winning bid” has the meaning given in regulation 23; and
(q) “winning bidder” means the bidder who submitted the winning bid.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/378/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-regulations-2007/regulation-2
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