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Regulation 6 Circumstances in which a transfer is not authorised

United Kingdom

A transfer of rights and obligations arising under a wireless telegraphy licence is not authorised where —

(a)

any of the licence holder, or all of the concurrent holders, and the transferee have not consented to the transfer;

F1(b)

any sum payable in respect of that licence under—

(i)

the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges for the 900 MHz Frequency Band and the 1800 MHz Frequency Band) Regulations 2025; or

(ii)

the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges for the 2100 MHz Frequency Band) Regulations 2025;

is owing to OFCOM because it has not been paid by the time it became due;

F2(c)

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(d)

OFCOM has served notice under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 on the holder, or the concurrent holders, of that licence of a proposal to revoke or vary that licence but that revocation or variation has not yet been made;

(e)

the holder has, or all of the concurrent holders have, requested OFCOM to revoke or vary the licence or have consented to a revocation or variation proposed by OFCOM but that revocation or variation has not yet been made; or

(f)

OFCOM have not given their consent, under regulation 7(3)(a), to the transfer being made.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 6(b) substituted (24.11.2025) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1149), regs. 1(1), 2(a)

F2

Reg. 6(c) omitted (24.11.2025) by virtue of The Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Spectrum Trading) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1149), regs. 1(1), 2(b)