The Public Telecommunication System Designation (National Transcommunications Limited) Order 1996

Made27th June 1996

Laid before Parliament28th June 1996

Coming into force27th July 1996

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to National Transcommunications Limited on 14 February 1996 a licence (“the Licence”) under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 19841 (“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 (National Transcommunications Limited) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 27th July 1996.

2

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

Ian TaylorParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Trade and Industry27th June 1996

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to National Transcommunications Limited a licence on 14 February 1996 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 28th June 1996. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, National Transcommunications Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 27th July 1996.

A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.