{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-firstmark-carrier-services-uk-limited-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2582",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Telecommunication System Designation (FirstMark Carrier Services (UK) Limited) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-firstmark-carrier-services-uk-limited-order-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Secretary of State granted to FirstMark Carrier Services (UK) Limited a Licence on 8th January 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 18th July 2001. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, FirstMark Carrier Services (UK) Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 16th August 2001.\nA copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2582/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."
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