- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As made)
The Public Telecommunications System Designation (First Telecom plc) Order 1997
You are here:
- UK Statutory Instruments
- 1997 No. 2770
- Whole Instrument
- Previous
- Next
What Version
Opening Options
More Resources
Status:
This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.
Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 2770
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Public Telecommunications System Designation (First Telecom plc) 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 First Telecom plc on 21 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 (First Telecom plc) 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 First Telecom plc on 21 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, First Telecom plc 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)
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Instrument
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.