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  "id": "standards:ofcom-emf-condition",
  "collection": "standards",
  "slug": "ofcom-emf-licence-condition",
  "name": "UK Ofcom EMF licence condition",
  "summary": "The mechanism that makes the ICNIRP general-public exposure limits legally enforceable in the United Kingdom, applied as a condition on spectrum licences since 2021.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "aliases": [
      "UK EMF limits",
      "Ofcom EMF rules",
      "UK ICNIRP limits"
    ],
    "organization": "Ofcom",
    "edition": "in force since 2021",
    "jurisdiction": [
      "UK"
    ],
    "kind": "regulatory",
    "scope": "Most Ofcom spectrum licences carry a condition requiring compliance with the ICNIRP general-public limits, for licensees authorised to transmit above 10 W EIRP (6.1 W ERP). The condition covers exposure of members of the public; it does not cover exposure of the licensee or of workers, which fall under separate occupational rules. The UK sets no numeric limit of its own — the numbers are ICNIRP's, and Ofcom supplies the enforcement route.",
    "frequencyRange": {
      "minHz": 100000,
      "maxHz": 300000000000
    }
  },
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    {
      "id": "ofcom-emf-policy",
      "title": "Ofcom's rules on EMF exposure (EMF licence condition)",
      "publisher": "Ofcom",
      "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/policy",
      "year": 2021,
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "ofcom-emf-guidance",
      "title": "Guidance on EMF compliance and enforcement",
      "publisher": "Ofcom",
      "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/compliance-and-enforcement-guidance",
      "year": 2021,
      "kind": "government",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "icnirp-2020",
      "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)",
      "publisher": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection",
      "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html",
      "year": 2020,
      "kind": "guideline",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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    "html": "https://emfbase.com/standards/ofcom-emf-licence-condition",
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}