The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Tetralink Telecommunications Limited) Order 1998

Made1st September 1998

Laid before Parliament3rd September 1998

Coming into force5th October 1998

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Tetralink Telecommunications Limited on 12 December 1997 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 (Tetralink Telecommunications Limited) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 5th October 1998.

2

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

Barbara RocheParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms,Department of Trade and Industry1st September 1998

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Tetralink Telecommunications Limited a licence on 12 December 1997 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 3rd September 1998. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Tetralink Telecommunications Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 5th October 1998.

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