Regulation 9 Withdrawal of an application

(1)

OFCOM shall notify each applicant qualified to bid of the last day for withdrawal from the award process and shall publish the last day for withdrawal on OFCOM’s internet website (“the last day for withdrawal”).

(2)

If, on or before the last day for withdrawal, OFCOM receive notice of an applicant’s intention to withdraw its application, signed by two authorised persons of that applicant, the application shall be withdrawn and the applicant shall be excluded from the award process and OFCOM shall—

(a)

notify all other applicants of the withdrawal; and

(b)

refund, on completion of the award process, the applicant’s initial deposit except where the initial deposit has been forfeited under regulation 26.

(3)

Once an applicant withdraws its application, that applicant shall not be re-admitted to the award process.