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The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Eigernet Limited) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/3870 · Made 30 November 2001

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Made 30th November 2001

Laid before Parliament 6th December 2001

Coming into force 4th January 2002

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Eigernet Limited on 29th August 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 (Eigernet Limited) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 4th January 2002.

2

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

Signature

Douglas Alexander,

Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,

Department of Trade and Industry

30th November 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Eigernet Limited a licence on 29th August 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 6th December 2001. This order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Eigernet Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 4th January 2002.

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