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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Stort Valley Cable Limited a licence on 29th November 1990 under section 7 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in Annex A to that licence, in the Harlow and Bishops Stortford area. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 21st January 1991. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Stort Valley Cable Limited will be a public telecommunications operator in respect of its Harlow and Bishops Stortford public telecommunications systems when the Order comes into force on 18th February 1991.

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