# The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2025, Regulation 50: Eligibility rule


(1) The eligibility rule is that the eligibility points associated with a bidder’s submission of the three bids in the first principal stage round, the three sets of bids to be made in the second principal stage round, or the three sets of bids to be made in each subsequent principal stage round, must not exceed that bidder’s eligibility limit for the round.
(2) In the first principal stage round the number of eligibility points associated with a bidder’s submission of the three bids are the sum of—
(a) the eligibility points associated with a 26 GHz lower lot multiplied by the number of 26 GHz lower lots comprised within that bidder’s bid;
(b) the eligibility points associated with a 26 GHz upper lot multiplied by the number of 26 GHz upper lots comprised within that bidder’s bid;
(c) the eligibility points associated with a 40 GHz lot multiplied by the number of 40 GHz lots comprised within that bidder’s bid.
(3) In the subsequent principal stage rounds, the eligibility points associated with a bidder’s submission of the three sets of bids are the sum of—
(a) the eligibility points associated with a 26 GHz lower lot multiplied by that bidder’s target number for such lots;
(b) the eligibility points associated with a 26 GHz upper lot multiplied by that bidder’s target number for such lots;
(c) the eligibility points associated with a 40 GHz lot multiplied by that bidder’s target number for such lots.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/669/regulation/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-regulations-2025/regulation-50
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