1998 No. 3003
TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The Public Telecommunication System Designation (PT–1 Communications UK Limited) Order 1998

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to PT-1 Communications UK Limited on 5th August 1998 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 him by section 9 of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:–

1.

This Order may be cited as the Public Telecommunication System Designation (PT-1 Communications UK Limited) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 7th January 1999.

2.

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

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

The Secretary of State granted to PT-1 Communications UK Limited a licence on 5th August 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 9th December 1998. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, PT-1 Communications UK Limited will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 7th January 1999.

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