1997 No. 2178
TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Coventry Cable Limited) Order 1997

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to to Coventry Cable Limited on 21 April 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 her by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:—

1.

This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (Coventry Cable Limited) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 14th October 1997.

2.

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

Barbara Roche,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Statefor Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Coventry Cable Limited a licence on 21 April 1997 under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in that Licence in the City of Coventry. A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 15th September 1997. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Coventry Cable Limited will be a public telecommunications operator in respect of the telecommunications systems run under that licence when this Order comes into force on 14th October 1997.

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