Statutory Instruments
1996 No. 1384

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Public Telecommunication System Designation (SWEB Telecoms Limited) Order 1996

Made
28th May 1996

Laid before Parliament
29th May 1996

Coming into force
27th June 1996

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to SWEB Telecoms Limited on 15 September 1995 a licence (“the Licence”) under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984(1) (“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:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (SWEB Telecoms Limited) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 27th June 1996.

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

Ian Taylor,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
28th May 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to SWEB Telecoms Limited a licence on 15 September 1995 under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in that licence in the United Kingdom. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 29th May 1996. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, SWEB Telecoms Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 27th June 1996.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.

(1)
1984 c. 12.