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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-vtl-uk-limited-order-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1948",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Telecommunication System Designation (VTL (UK) Limited) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-telecommunication-system-designation-vtl-uk-limited-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Secretary of State granted to VTL (UK) Limited a licence on 24 June 2002 under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication system specified in the licence. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 24th July 2002. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, VTL (UK) Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 22nd August 2002.\nA copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.",
  "extent": null,
  "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/2002/1948/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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