Statutory Instruments
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Made
9th June 1999
Laid before Parliament
14th June 1999
Coming into force
13th July 1999
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to City Telecom (HK) Limited on 9th December 1998 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 him by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:–
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (City Telecom (HK) Limited) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 13th July 1999.
2. Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Michael Wills
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
9th June 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to City Telecom (HK) Limited a licence on 9th December 1998 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 14th June 1999. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, City Telecom (HK) Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 13th July 1999.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.