Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order.)
The Secretary of State granted to Cotswold Cable Television Company Limited on26th August 1988 a licence under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in Annex A to that licence, in the Cotswold area. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 19th October 1988. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Cotswold Cable Television Company Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1N 2HQ.