This order establishes the legal designation of the York Telecommunications Complex Limited as a public telecommunications operator under the Telecommunications Act 1984. The document is issued by the British government to formalize the regulatory status of the specified entity, granting it the rights and obligations associated with public telecommunication systems within the United Kingdom. It serves as a formal instrument of administrative law, defining the scope of the company's operational authority.

Legal professionals and historians of telecommunications policy view this document as a standard administrative record within the UK statutory instrument series. It is primarily utilized for archival research regarding the privatization and regulation of British telecommunications infrastructure during the late twentieth century.