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The Public Telecommunication System Designation (American Telemedia Limited) Order 1997


Published: 1997-11-20

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Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 2771

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Public Telecommunication System Designation (American Telemedia Limited) Order 1997

Made
20th November 1997

Laid before Parliament
24th November 1997

Coming into force
23rd December 1997

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to American Telemedia Limited on 28th April 1997 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 her by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (American Telemedia Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 23rd December 1997.

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

Barbara Roche,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
20th November 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to American Telemedia Limited on 28th April 1997 a licence 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 24th November 1997. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, American Telemedia Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when this Order comes into force on 23rd December 1997.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ.

(1)
1984 c. 12.