Regulation 53 Extension to primary bid roundsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The time notified by OFCOM under regulation 52(1)(a) as the end of the primary bid round (“end of round time”) may be treated by a bidder in respect of—

(a)

no more than two primary bid rounds, and also

(b)

in respect of each occasion where paragraph (2) applies to the bidder, a further primary bid round,

as that time extended by thirty minutes and OFCOM shall treat that extended time as the end of round time for the purposes of regulation 54(2).

(2)

This paragraph applies to a bidder where—

(a)

in respect of a previous primary bid round, the bidder treated the end of round time for that round as extended by thirty minutes in accordance with paragraph (1);

(b)

the bidder submitted its completed primary bid form for that primary bid round so that it was received by OFCOM by the end of round time so extended; and

(c)

OFCOM have notified the bidder that they are satisfied that, in respect of that primary bid round, circumstances existed which were beyond the bidder’s control which had the effect that the bidder could not have submitted its primary bid form so that it was received by OFCOM by the end of round time without such an extension.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 53 in force at 23.11.2012, see reg. 1(1)