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The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Broadnet UK Limited) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/2609 · Made 17 July 2001

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Made 17th July 2001

Laid before Parliament 19th July 2001

Coming into force 17th August 2001

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Broadnet UK Limited on 1st March 2001 a licence (“the Licence”) under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984f1 (“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:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 12.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Broadnet UK Limited) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 17th August 2001.

2

Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.

Signature

Douglas Alexander

Minister of State for ECommerce, and Competitiveness,

Department of Trade and Industry

17th July 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Broadnet UK Limited a licence on 1st March 2001 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 19th July 2001. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Broadnet UK Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 17th August 2001.

A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.