Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 1071

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The Public Telecommunication System Designation (NYNEX CableComms Wessex) Order 1994

Made

14th April 1994

Laid before Parliament

20th April 1994

Coming into force

19th May 1994

Whereas the Secretary of State has granted to NYNEX CableComms Wessex under its former name of NYNEX CableComms Wessex Limited on 16th December 1993 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 Annex A to the Licence (“the Applicable Cabled 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 (NYNEX CableComms Wessex) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 19th May 1994.

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

Patrick McLoughlin

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Trade and Industry

14th April 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State granted to NYNEX CableComms Wessex under its former name of NYNEX CableComms Wessex Limited on 16th December 1993 a licence under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 to run the telecommunication systems specified in Annex A to the licence in the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch areas.

A copy of the licence was laid before Parliament on 20th April 1994. This Order designates those telecommunication systems as public telecommunication systems. Consequently, by virtue of section 9(3) of that Act, NYNEX CableComms Wessex will be a public telecommunications operator when the Order comes into force on 19th May 1994.

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