The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Gamma Telecommunications Limited) Order 2002
S.I. 2002/2658 · Made 21 October 2002
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Made 21st October 2002
Laid before Parliament 28th October 2002
Coming into force 26th November 2002
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Gamma Telecommunications Limited on 6 September 2002 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:
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Contents
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This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Gamma Telecommunications Limited) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 26th November 2002.
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Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Signature
Stephen Timms,
Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,
Department of Trade and Industry
21st October 2002
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order
The Secretary of State granted to Gamma Telecommunications Limited a licence on 6 September 2002 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 28th October 2002. This order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Gamma Telecommunications Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 26th November 2002.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ.