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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-mercury-personal-communications-limited-order-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1375",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Mercury Personal Communications Limited) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-mercury-personal-communications-limited-order-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Secretary of State granted to Mercury Personal Communications Limited on 9th May 1995 a licence 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 25th May 1995. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Mercury Personal Communications Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when this Order comes into force on 23rd June 1995.\nA copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1375/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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