Preparing a 3.4 GHz assignment stage option list for each bidder if the pre-existing licence holder is a bidder and did apply for a replacement licence
78.—(1) This regulation applies where the pre-existing licence holder is a bidder and did apply for a replacement licence.
(2) The 3.4 GHz assignment stage options for the pre-existing licence holder which applied for a replacement licence shall be each of those blocks of numbered 3.4 GHz lots which satisfy the following conditions—
(a)the number of 3.4 GHz lots contained in the block is equal to the sum of the number of 3.4 GHz lots won by the pre-existing licence holder as a consequence of bidding in the principal stage (the “additional 3.4 GHz lots”), if any, and the number eight; and
(b)if the pre-existing licence holder were assigned the 3.4 GHz lots contained in the block the following conditions would be satisfied—
(i)each other bidder could be assigned the number of 3.4 GHz lots, contained in a block, that is equal to the number of that other bidder’s winning principal stage bids for 3.4 GHz lots; and
(ii)the 3.4 GHz lots not assigned to the pre-existing licence holder or any other bidder (the “leftover 3.4 GHz lots”) would form a single block of numbered 3.4 GHz lots.
(3) The 3.4 GHz assignment stage options for a bidder which is not the pre-existing licence holder shall be each of those blocks of numbered 3.4 GHz lots which satisfy the following conditions—
(a)the number of 3.4 GHz lots contained in the block is equal to the number of that bidder’s winning principal stage bids for 3.4 GHz lots; and
(b)if that bidder were assigned the 3.4 GHz lots contained in the block the following conditions would be satisfied—
(i)subject to sub-paragraph (ii), each other bidder could be assigned the number of 3.4 GHz lots, contained in a block, that is equal to the number of that other bidder’s winning principal stage bids for 3.4 GHz lots;
(ii)the pre-existing licence holder could be assigned the number of 3.4 GHz lots, contained in a block, that is equal to the sum of the number of additional 3.4 GHz lots, if any, and the number eight; and
(iii)the leftover 3.4 GHz lots would form a single block of numbered 3.4 GHz lots.