S.I. No. 408/1983 - Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (Bord Telecom Éireann) (Vesting Day) Order, 1983.

1. This Order may be cited as the Postal and Telecommunicaitons Services Act, 1983 (Bord Telecom Éireann) (Vesting Day) Order, 1983.

2. The first day of January, 1984 shall be the vesting day for Bord Telecom Éireann.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 21st day of December, 1983.

JAMES MITCHELL,

Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order appoints 1st January, 1984 as the vesting day for Bord Telecom Éireann, the State-sponsored body established in pursuance of the

Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983

to take over the operation of the national telecommunications services from the Department of Posts and Telegraphs.

I, JIM MITCHELL, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the power conferred on me by

section 9

(2) of the

Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983

(No. 24 of 1983), hereby order as follows