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1998 No. 514
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Public Telecommunication System Designation (TGC UK Limited) Order 1998
Made
3rd March 1998
Laid before Parliament
9th March 1998
Coming into force
7th April 1998
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to TGC UK Limited on 30 December 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 (TGC UK Limited) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th April 1998.
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
3rd March 1998
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to TGC UK Limited on 30 December 1997 a licence 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 9th March 1998. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Conse quently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, TGC UK Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when this Order comes into force on 7th April 1998.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ.