Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
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PART
II
time (not being less than 28 days from the
date of publication of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed
licence may be made,
and shall consider any representations or objections which are
duly made and not withdrawn.
(c) specifying the
(6) A notice under subsection (5) above shall be given by
publication in such manner as the Secretary of State or the
Director considers appropriate for bringing the matters to which
the notice relates to the attention of persons likely to be affected
by them.
Public
telecommunication
systems.
9.-(1) 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 designated and the running of which is so
authorised.
(2) An order under subsection (1) above shall not come into
operation until after the end of the period of 28 days beginning
with-
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
(a) the day on
those days.
(3) 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.
(4) In any case where it appears to the Secretary of State that
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.
it
The
telecommunications code.
1O.-(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section,
the code (to be known as " the telecommunications code ")
which is contained in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect(a) where it is applied to a particular person by a licence
granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 above
authorising that person to run a telecommunication
system ; and
(b) where the Secretary of State or a Northern Ireland
department is running or is proposing to run a telecommunication system.