The Public Telecommunication System Designation (Fibernet UK Limited) Order 2002

Made14th April 2002

Laid before Parliament18th April 2002

Coming into force17th May 2002

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Fibernet UK Limited on 12 March 2002 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 (Fibernet UK Limited) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 17th May 2002.

2

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

Douglas Alexander,Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,Department of Trade and Industry14th April 2002

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to Fibernet UK Limited a licence on 12 March 2002 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 18th April 2002. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Fibernet UK Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 17th May 2002.

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