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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Made
19th November 1997
Laid before Parliament
24th November 1997
Coming into force
23rd December 1997
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Atlantic Telecommunications Limited on 6 June 1997 a licence ("the Licence") under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984(1) ("the Act"), to which section 8 of the Act applies, for the running of the telecommunication systems specified in the Licence ("the Applicable Systems"):
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Atlantic Telecommunications Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 23rd December 1997.
2. Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Barbara Roche,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry
Department of Trade and Industry
19th November 1997
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to Atlantic Telecommunications Limited a licence on 6 June 1997 under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in that Licence in the East of Scotland, including the Grampian, Tayside, Central and Lothian regions. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 24th November 1997. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Atlantic Telecommunications Limited will be a public telecommunications operator in respect of the telecommunication systems run under that licence when this Order comes into force on 23rd December 1997.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ.