
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Public Fixed Wireless Access Licences) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 12th August 2002.
2 
In these Regulations—
 “the licences” means, in respect of each region of the United Kingdom as designated in the first column of Part I of the Schedule hereto and described by reference to the postcode areas and part areas (hereinafter referred to as “sectors”) specified in the second column thereof, the wireless telegraphy licences specified in the third column thereof being licences to establish or use radio transmitting and receiving stations or install or use apparatus for Public Fixed Wireless Access at the frequencies specified in relation to each licence in Part II of the Schedule hereto and to be granted subject to the terms, provisions and limitations specified in a notice issued pursuant to regulation 4;
 “Public Fixed Wireless Access” means the provision by means of a wireless communications system of wireless communications links over which data may be transmitted and received on demand and whereby end-users gain access to other telecommunication systems;
 “Radiocommunications Agency’s Internet Website” means the Radiocommunications Agency’s website located at www.radio.gov.uk on the Internet;
 “telecommunication system” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1984; and
 “wireless telegraphy licence” means any licence granted under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 other than a television licence as defined in section 1(7) of that Act.
3 
These Regulations shall have effect in relation to applications for, procedures for the grant of, and the provision of refunds of fees payable in accordance with the terms of, the licences.
4 

(1) Applications for the grant of the licences shall only be made in accordance with a procedure which is set out in a notice issued by the Secretary of State under these Regulations.
(2) A notice issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—
(a) invite any body corporate to make an application to the Secretary of State to bid for a licence, in accordance with a specified procedure;
(b) specify criteria by which the Secretary of State shall determine whether an applicant is qualified to participate in a bidding procedure;
(c) specify criteria to determine whether a qualified applicant is associated with one or more other qualified applicants;
(d) specify criteria to determine whether any qualified applicants who fall within sub-paragraph (c) above shall be entitled to participate in the procedure referred to in sub-paragraph (e) below;
(e) specify a procedure by which qualified applicants may submit bids for licences;
(f) specify reserve prices for each of the licences;
(g) provide for the Secretary of State to determine minimum bids for each of the licences during the bidding procedure referred to in sub-paragraph (e) above;
(h) provide for the payment of a deposit on submission of an application and for payment of one or more additional deposits before a qualified applicant may submit a bid for each licence;
(i) provide for the payment of interest on the deposit and on any additional deposits;
(j) provide for the circumstances in which all, or part, of any deposit, and all, or part, of any interest which accrues to a deposit, is not to be refunded;
(k) specify the conditions which must be satisfied before a licence may be issued to a qualified applicant who submits the highest valid bid for a licence;
(l) provide for a qualified applicant who submits the highest valid bid for a licence to pay such sum on such date as shall be specified in or determined under the said notice;
(m) provide for the qualified applicant referred to in sub-paragraph (l) above to have the option to renew the licence for two successive periods of five years on such terms as shall be specified in or determined under the said notice;
(n) provide for the other terms, provisions and limitations subject to which each of the licences is to be issued; and
(o) provide for the other conditions with which qualified applicants must comply to participate, or to continue to participate, in the procedures referred to in sub-paragraph (e) above.
(3) A notice which is issued pursuant to paragraph (1) above shall be published by the Secretary of State on the Radiocommunications Agency’s Internet Website.
5 
The Secretary of State may, in such cases as she thinks fit, refund, in whole or in part, sums which have been paid to her in accordance with any provision of the licences.
6 
These Regulations shall not extend to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,
Department of Trade and Industry
22nd July 2002
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
PART I

Designation Region of the United Kingdom Licences available
Metropolitan Regions  
Central Scotland EH1 EH19 EH51 G12 G46 G77 PA3  One
 EH2 EH20 EH52 G13 G51 G78 PA4  
 EH3 EH21 EH53 G14 G52 G81 PA5  
 EH4 EH22 EH54 G15 G53 G82 PA6  
 EH5 EH23 EH55 G20 G60 KY3 PA7  
 EH6 EH24 FK1 G21 G61 KY4 PA8  
 EH7 EH25 FK2 G22 G62 KY11 PA9  
 EH8 EH26 FK3 G23 G64 KY12 PA10  
 EH9 EH27 FK4 G31 G65 ML1 PA11  
 EH10 EH28 FK5 G32 G66 ML2 PA15  
 EH11 EH29 FK6 G33 G67 ML3 PA16  
 EH12 EH30 FK10 G34 G68 ML4 PA19  
 EH13 EH33 G1 G40 G69 ML5 G76  
 EH14 EH34 G2 G41 G71 ML6 PA14  
 EH15 EH35 G3 G42 G72 ML7   
 EH16 EH47 G4 G43 G73 ML9   
 EH17 EH48 G5 G44 G74 PA1   
 EH18 EH49 G11 G45 G75 PA2   
Greater London Areas AL KT SW CR IG TW SM 
  BR NW UB DA N WC HA 
  E SE W EC SL WD EN 
 
 Sectors CM12 GU1 GU15 GU23 HP6 HP15 ME1 One
  CM13 GU2 GU16 GU24 HP7 LU1 ME2 
  CM14 GU4 GU17 GU25 HP8 LU2 ME3 
 RM9 CM15 GU9 GU18 GU46 HP9 LU3 ME4 
 RM10 CM16 GU11 GU19 GU47 HP10 LU4 ME5 
 RM11 CM18 GU12 GU20 HP1 HP11 LU5 ME6 
 RM12 CM19 GU13 GU21 HP2 HP12 RH1 ME7 
 RM13 CM20 GU14 GU22 HP3 HP13 RH2 ME8 
 RM14 RG1 RG30 RM1 SS0 TN13 RH3 ME14 
 RM15 RG2 RG31 RM2 SS1 TN14 RH4 ME15 
 RM16 RG4 RG40 RM3 SS2 TN15 RH8 ME16 
 RM17 RG5 RG41 RM5 SS6 TN16 RH9 ME19 
 RM18 RG6 RG42 RM6 SS7 SS11 SS14 ME20 
 RM19 RG10 RG45 RM7 SS8 SS12 SS15 SS17 
 RM20 RG12  RM8 SS9 SS13 SS16  
Midlands B1 B23 B46 B78 CV13 DY5 NG8 WS11 One
 B2 B24 B47 B79 DE1 DY6 NG9 WS12 
 B3 B25 B48 B90 DE3 DY8 NG10 WS13 
 B4 B26 B60 B91 DE5 LE3 NG11 WS14 
 B5 B27 B61 B92 DE7 LE4 NG15 WV1 
 B6 B28 B62 B93 DE11 LE5 NG16 WV2 
 B7 B29 B63 B94 DE12 LE6 NG17 WV3 
 B8 B30 B64 B97 DE14 LE9 NG18 WV4 
 B9 B31 B65 B98 DE15 LE11 NG19 WV5 
 B10 B32 B66 CV1 DE21 LE12 ST19 WV6 
 B11 B33 B67 CV2 DE22 LE18 WS1 WV7 
 B12 B34 B68 CV3 DE23 LE65 WS2 WV8 
 B13 B35 B69 CV4 DE24 LE67 WS3 WV9 
 B14 B36 B70 CV5 DE72 NG1 WS4 WV10 
 B15 B37 B71 CV6 DE74 NG2 WS5 WV11 
 B16 B38 B72 CV7 DE75 NG3 WS6 WV12 
 B17 B40 B73 CV9 DY1 NG4 WS7 WV13 
 B18 B42 B74 CV10 DY2 NG5 WS8 WV14 
 B19 B43 B75 CV11 DY3 NG6 WS9 LE1 
 B20 B44 B76 CV12 DY4 NG7 WS10 LE2 
 B21 B45 B77      
Northern Areas L M OL WF WN   
 Sectors DN1 LS1 PR1 S32 CH1 SK7 WF15 One
  DN2 LS2 PR2 S33 CH2 SK8 WF16 
  DN3 LS3 PR4 S35 CH4 SK9 WF17 
  DN4 LS4 PR5 S36 CH41 SK10 BB1 
  DN5 LS5 PR6 S40 CH42 SK12 BB2 
  DN6 LS6 PR7 S41 CH43 SK13 BB3 
 BD16 DN11 LS7 PR8 S60 CH44 SK14 BB4 
 BD17 FY1 LS8 PR9 S61 CH45 SK15 BB5 
 BD18 FY2 LS9 S1 S62 CH46 SK16 BB6 
 BD19 FY3 LS10 S2 S63 CH47 SK22 BB8 
 BD20 FY4 LS11 S3 S64 CH48 SK23 BB9 
 BD21 FY5 LS12 S4 S65 CH49 WA1 BB10 
 BD22 FY7 LS13 S5 S66 CH60 WA2 BB11 
 BL0 FY8 LS14 S6 S70 CH61 WA3 BB12 
 BL1 HD1 LS15 S7 S71 CH62 WA4 BB18 
 BL2 HD2 LS16 S8 S72 CH63 WA5 BD1 
 BL3 HD3 LS17 S9 S73 CH65 WA6 BD2 
 BL4 HD4 LS18 S10 S74 CH66 WA7 BD3 
 BL5 HD5 LS19 S11 S75 BD11 WA8 BD4 
 BL6 HD6 LS20 S12 SK1 BD12 WA9 BD5 
 BL7 HD7 LS26 S13 SK2 BD13 WA10 BD6 
 BL8 HD8 LS27 S14 SK3 BD14 WA11 BD7 
 BL9 HX1 LS28 S17 SK4 BD15 WA12 BD8 
 HX5 HX2 LS29 S18 SK5 DN12 WA13 BD9 
 HX6 HX3 S26 S20 SK6 WA15 WA14 BD10 
 HX7 HX4 S25      
Severnside BS1 BS6 BS11 BS20 BS31 CF10 CF24 NP10 One
 BS2 BS7 BS13 BS21 BS32 CF11 CF38 NP18 
 BS3 BS8 BS14 BS22 BS34 CF14 CF62 NP19 
 BS4 BS9 BS15 BS23 CF3 CF15 CF63 NP20 
 BS5 BS10 BS16 BS30 CF5 CF23 CF64 NP26 
South Coast BN9 BN41 PO8 PO19 SO18 SO52 BH9 BH23 One
 BN10 BN42 PO9 PO20 SO19 SO53 BH10 BH24 
 BN11 BN43 PO10 PO21 SO30 BH1 BH11 BH25 
 BN12 PO1 PO11 PO22 SO31 BH2 BH12 BN1 
 BN13 PO2 PO12 RH15 SO40 BH3 BH13 BN2 
 BN14 PO3 PO13 RH16 SO41 BH4 BH14 BN3 
 BN15 PO4 PO14 SO14 SO42 BH5 BH15 BN6 
 BN16 PO5 PO15 SO15 SO43 BH6 BH17 BN7 
 BN17 PO6 PO16 SO16 SO45 BH7 BH18 BN8 
 BN18 PO7 PO18 SO17 SO50 BH8 BH22 PO30 
 PO33  PO35 PO39 PO31 PO32 PO40 PO41 
 PO34  PO36      
   PO37      
   PO38      
Tyne-Tees DH1 DL5 NE7 NE23 NE34 SR1 TS4 TS19 One
 DH2 DL14 NE8 NE24 NE35 SR2 TS5 TS20 
 DH3 DL15 NE9 NE25 NE36 SR3 TS6 TS21 
 DH4 DL16 NE10 NE26 NE37 SR4 TS7 TS22 
 DH5 DL17 NE11 NE27 NE38 SR5 TS8 TS23 
 DH6 NE1 NE12 NE28 NE39 SR6 TS10 TS24 
 DH7 NE2 NE15 NE29 NE40 SR7 TS11 TS25 
 DH9 NE3 NE16 NE30 NE41 SR8 TS12 TS26 
 DL1 NE4 NE17 NE31 NE62 TS1 TS14 TS27 
 DL3 NE5 NE21 NE32 NE63 TS2 TS17 TS28 
 DL4 NE6 NE22 NE33 NE64 TS3 TS18 TS29 
 TS13        
Provincial Regions         
Midlands and Mid Wales Areas LE WS TF B WR DE  One
  NN DY ST WV CV NG  
  SY LD HR     
 Except the postcodes in the Midlands Metropolitan Region 
Northern Ireland Area BT       One
North of England Areas DL CA TS DH LA NE  One
 Except the postcodes in the Tyne-Tees Metropolitan Region 
North West, Yorkshire and North Wales Areas LL SK S HU FY BB  One
  CH WA YO PR DN LN  
 HX CW BD LS HD HG BL  
 Except the postcodes in the Northern Metropolitan Regions 
Scotland Areas ML TD PA KY DD HS  One
  EH KA G FK AB KW  
  PH IV ZE DG    
 Except the postcodes in the Central Scotland Metropolitan Region 
South East Areas PE HP TN CO SG MK  One
  NR LU ME CM RG RM  
  IP OX CT CB GU RH  
 Except the postcodes in the Greater London and South Coast Metropolitan Regions and the Southern Provincial Region 
Southern Areas DT SP PO BN    One
 Except the postcodes in the South Coast Metropolitan Region 
 Plus Sectors RH13 GU32 TN22 TN21 TN34 TN39  
 RH14 RH17 GU36 TN20 TN19 TN35 TN40  
 RH20 GU24 GU31 TN37 TN32 TN36   
 GU29 GU27 GU28 TN31 TN33 TN38   
South West and South Wales Areas TR TA SN CF NP EX  One
  TQ BA GL SA BS PL  
 Except the postcodes in the Severnside Metropolitan Region 
PART II
3480–3500 MHz and 3580–3600 MHz
