Statutory Instruments
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Made
11th June 2002
Laid before Parliament
13th June 2002
Coming into force
12th July 2002
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to Companhia Portuguesa Radio Marconi SA on 08 April 2002 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 (Companhia Portuguesa Radio Marconi SA) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 12th July 2002.
2. Each of the Applicable Systems is hereby designated as a public telecommunication system.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,
Department of Trade and Industry
11th June 2002
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Secretary of State granted to Companhia Portuguesa Radio Marconi SA a licence on 08 April 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 13th June 2002. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, Companhia Portuguesa Radio Marconi SA will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 12th July 2002.
A copy of the licence may be obtained from the Office of Telecommunications, 50 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7JJ.