# UK enforceable general-public limit, 2–300 GHz

> 10 W/m² — the ICNIRP 2020 public reference level, made enforceable in the UK by the Ofcom EMF licence condition rather than by a UK-specific number.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/limits/uk-public-power-density-above-2-ghz
- Collection: Exposure limits
- Record id: `limits:ofcom-public-2-300ghz`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/limits/uk-public-power-density-above-2-ghz

## Key values

- **Limit value:** 1 × 10^7 µW/m² — Regulatory value — legally enforceable — The value is ICNIRP's; the enforceability is Ofcom's. The condition applies to licensees authorised above 10 W EIRP (6.1 W ERP) and covers exposure of the general public only. [ofcom-emf-policy, icnirp-2020]
- **Quantity:** power density
- **Frequency band:** 2–300 GHz
- **Population:** general public
- **Set by:** UK Ofcom EMF licence condition (in force since 2021)
- **Kind:** Regulatory — legally enforceable
- **Averaging time:** 30 minutes — A measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.

## Related records

- [UK Ofcom EMF licence condition](https://emfbase.com/standards/ofcom-emf-licence-condition): 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.
- [ICNIRP 2020 general public reference level, 2–300 GHz](https://emfbase.com/limits/icnirp-public-power-density-above-2-ghz): 10 W/m² incident power density averaged over 30 minutes and over the whole body — the reference level that 5G mid-band and Wi-Fi compliance is judged against outside the U.S.

## Sources

- `ofcom-emf-policy` Ofcom (2021). *Ofcom's rules on EMF exposure (EMF licence condition)*. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/policy — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12
- `ofcom-emf-guidance` Ofcom (2021). *Guidance on EMF compliance and enforcement*. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/electromagnetic-fields/compliance-and-enforcement-guidance — government, link checked 2026-08-12
- `icnirp-2020` International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (2020). *Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)*. https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html — guideline, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

This record is reference data, not medical or legal advice. Regulatory limits, scientific guidelines and precautionary values are labelled separately and answer different questions.