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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Made
18th October 2000
Laid before Parliament
23rd October 2000
Coming into force
21st November 2000
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Formus Communications-UK Ltd on 12th June 2000 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 him by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Formus Communications-UK Ltd) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 21st November 2000.
2. Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Patricia Hewitt,
Minister of State for Small Business and E Commerce,
Department of Trade and Industry
18th October 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to Formus Communications-UK Ltd a licence on 12th June 2000 under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in the licence. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 23rd October 2000. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Formus Communications-UK Ltd will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 21st November 2000.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ.