The Public Telecommunication System Designation (British Cable Services Limited) Order 1987

Made: 8th May 1987

Laid before Parliament: 11th May 1987

Coming into force: 9th June 1987

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 (British Cable Services Limited) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 9th June 1987.

2

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

Signed

Geoffrey Pattie — Minister of State, — Department of Trade and Industry — 8th May 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to British Cable Services Limited on 8th May 1987 a licence under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in Annex A to that licence, in the West Surrey and East Hampshire area. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 11th May 1987. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, British Cable Services Limited will be a public telecommunications operator 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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1984 c. 12.