# The Wireless Telegraphy (Spectrum Trading and Register) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Spectrum Trading) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2187, as amended by S.I. 2015/1338 and S.I. 2019/950) (“Spectrum Trading Regulations”) and the Wireless Telegraphy (Register) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2186, as amended by S.I. 2013/640, S.I. 2015/1400, S.I. 2018/90 and S.I. 2019/952) (“Register Regulations”).
Specifically, regulation 2 amends the Spectrum Trading Regulations so as to authorise the transfer of all rights and obligations relating to a range of additional Shared Access licences, including those in the 2.3 GHz, 26 GHz, and 40 GHz frequency bands, and Point-to-Point Fixed Links licences in the 7900-8400 MHz frequency band. Regulation 3 also amends the Registration Regulations to enable Ofcom to provide relevant information about those licences in its Wireless Telegraphy Register.
These Regulations also remove Self Contained Links in the 64-66 GHz band from both the Spectrum Trading Regulations and the Register Regulations. The rights and obligations relating to this particular licence class can therefore no longer be transferred by licensees.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect of these Regulations is available on OFCOM’s website at www.ofcom.org.uk. Hard copies of this assessment can be obtained free of charge by writing to OFCOM at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HA (tel. 020 7981 3000). Copies of this assessment have also been placed in the library of both Houses of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/571/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-spectrum-trading-and-register-amendment-regulations-2025/note
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