Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 2181
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Public Telecommunication System Designation (RadioTel Systems Limited) Order 1997
Made
4th September 1997
Laid before Parliament
15th September 1997
Coming into force
14th October 1997
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to RadioTel Systems Limited on 28 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 (RadioTel Systems Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 14th October 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
4th September 1997
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to RadioTel Systems Limited a licence on 28 April 1997 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 15th September 1997. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, RadioTel Systems Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 14th October 1997.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.
(1)
1984 c. 12.