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The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Telemonde Networks Limited) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/591 · Made 5 March 2000

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Made 5th March 2000

Laid before Parliament 8th March 2000

Coming into force 6th April 2000

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Telemonde Networks Limited on 26 November 1999 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 him 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 (Telemonde Networks Limited) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 6th April 2000.

2

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

Signature

Patricia Hewitt,

Minister of State for Small Business and E Commerce

Department of Trade and Industry

5th March 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Telemonde Networks Limited a licence on 26 November 1999 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 8th March 2000. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Telemonde Networks Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 6th April 2000.

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