Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Videotron London Limited on1st May 1990 a licence under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in Annex A to that licence, in the whole of the London Borough of Wandsworth. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 11th June 1990. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Videotron London Limited will be a public telecommunications operator in respect of its Wandsworth public telecommunication systems when the Order comes into force.

A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1N 2HQ.