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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-british-cable-services-limited-order-1987/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/827",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Telecommunication System Designation (British Cable Services Limited) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-british-cable-services-limited-order-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Secretary of State granted to British Cable Services Limited on 8th May 1987 a licence under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in Annex A to that licence, in the West Surrey and East Hampshire area. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 11th May 1987. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, British Cable Services Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force.\nA copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1N 2HQ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/827/note",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}