C2Part II Provision of Telecommunication Services
Licensing etc. of telecommunication systems
9 Public telecommunication systems.
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The Secretary of State may by order designate as a public telecommunication system any telecommunication system the running of which is authorised by a licence to which section 8 above applies; and any reference in this Act to a public telecommunication system is a reference to a telecommunication system which is so designed and the running of which is so authorised.
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An order under subsection (1) above shall not come into operation until after the end of the period of 28 days beginning with—
a
the day on which copies of the order, and of the licence to which section 8 above applies, are laid before each House of Parliament; or
b
if such copies are so laid on different days, the last of those days.
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In this Act “public telecommunications operator” means a person authorised by a licence to which section 8 above applies to run a public telecommunication system.
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In any case where it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for transitional provision to be made in connection with a telecommunication system ceasing to be a public telecommunication system, or a person ceasing to be a public telecommunications operator, the Secretary of State may make a scheme giving effect to such transitional provision as he thinks fit.
Pt. II (ss. 5-46) excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 7(4)