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S.I. No. 47/1959 - Department of Posts and Telegraphs. Foreign Post Amendment (No. 6) Warrant, 1959.
Table of Provisions (20)
Statutory Text (20 Articles)
1. Late Fee Postal Packet
A fee (in addition to the postage) not exceeding 6d. as may be prescribed.
2. Customs Clearance Fee on incoming postal packet liable to Customs Duty.
A fee of 1s. per packet.
3. Express postal packet—outgoing
A fee not exceeding 1s. as may be prescribed.
Express postal packet—incoming
At the scale of fees in force for express delivery of Inland postal packets.
4. Ordinary registration
A fee of 9d. per packet.
Late-Fee registration
A fee (in addition to the ordinary registration fee) not exceeding 6d. as may be prescribed.
5. Advice of delivery
A fee of 3d. per registered postal packet.
A further fee of 6d. for each air mail transmission of the advice of delivery form.
THIRD SCHEDULE.
Compensation Fees (including registration)
Maximum Compensation
s.
d.
£
11
12
1
1
24
1
3
36
1
5
48
1
7
60
1
9
72
1
11
84
2
1
96
2
3
108
2
5
120
2
7
132
2
9
144
2
11
156
3
1
168
3
3
180
3
5
192
3
7
204
3
9
216
3
11
228
4
1
240
4
3
252
4
5
264
4
7
276
4
9
288
4
11
300
5
1
312
5
3
324
5
5
336
5
7
348
5
9
360
5
11
372
6
1
384
6
3
396
6
5
400
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of March, 1959.
SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN.
The Official Seal of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs affixed this 20th day March, 1959.
SEÁN ORMONDE.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Warrant comes into operation on the 1st April, 1959. It provides for changes in certain postal rates and fees, and for the introduction of a new category of mail (Small Packets) in the foreign post service. The present and new charges are as follows :—
Service
Present Charge
New Charge
Letters
First oz.
5d.
6d.
Each additional oz.
3d.
4d.
Postcards
Single
3d.
4d.
Reply
6d.
8d.
Commercial Papers
First 2 oz.
2d.
2d.
Each additional 2 oz.
1d.
1d.
Minimum charge
5d.
6d.
Small Packets
Per 2 oz.
No service
2d.
Minimum charge
10d.
Registration
Per packet
6d.
9d.
Insurance (including registration)
First £12 compensation
9d.
11d.
Per £12 thereafter
3d.
2d.
Maximum £400 compensation
9s. 0d.
6s. 5d.
Customs clearance of incoming packets (other than parcels) on which a Customs charge is levied.
Customs charge
Flat fee of
not over 10s. 1s. 0d.
1s. 0d.
over 10s.2s. 0d.
Advice of delivery of registered or insured packet—transmission by air mail of advice of delivery form.
No air service
6d. per air mail transmissions (in addition to ordinary fee to 3d.).
The definitions of some categories of mail are amended, with the following effects
(
a
) Letters : Green label packets sent at the letter rate containing goods or merchandise are included ;
(
b
) Literature for the Blind : Letters in braille (or otherwise specially prepared) sent to or by blind persons are included ;
(
c
) Sample : (i) pathological specimens are excluded ;
(ii) telex exchange and number of the sender may be indicated ;
(
d
) Printed paper : (i) packets containing one or more books may weigh up to 11 lb. (at present this limit applies to packets containing a single volume) ;
(ii) telex exchange and number of the sender may be indicated.
The provisions regarding minimum size of certain postal packets are relaxed.
6. Small Packet
All places to which service is available
Per 2 oz.
2d.
As for item 1 in this column.
2 lb.
Minimum Charge
10d.
7. Magazine for Canada
Canada
6 oz. or less
1½ d.
Maximum dimensions
5 lb.
Each additional 6 oz. or fraction thereof
½d.
Length, 2 ft. ; Breadth, 1 ft. 6 ins. ;
Depth, 1 ft. 6 ins.
8. Literature for the Blind.
All places
2 lb. or less
½d.
As for item 1 in this column.
15 lb.
Each additional 3 lb. or fraction thereof
½d.
9. Insured Box
All places to which service is available
Per 2 oz.
4d.
12 ins. x 8 ins. x 4 ins.
2 lb.
Minimum charge
1s.8d.
10. Air Letter and Air Mail Packet.
All places to which service is available
Such rate as may be fixed by the Minister from time to time, provided that the maximum rate for an air air mail packet does not exceed seven shillings and sixpence for each ½ oz. or part of ½ oz. in weight and for an air letter one shilling.
Air Letter
As may be permitted by the Minister.
As per form approved by the Minister.
Air Mail Packet
As for the appropriate category of postal packet.
Postcard : As for item 2 in this column.
Other packet : As for item 1 in this column.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Service
Charge
11. Subparagraph (
a
) of paragraph (4) of Regulation 15 of the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the insertion of " small packets," after " printed packets."
12.—(1) Paragraph (2) of Regulation 21 of the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the insertion of " small packet," after " sample packet,"
(2) Paragraph (3) of Regulation 21 of the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution of " sample packet or small packet " for " or sample packet."
13. The following Regulation is hereby substituted for Regulation 25 of the Principal Warrant
SPECIAL CONDITIONS AS TO COMMERCIAL PACKETS, PRINTED PACKETS, SAMPLE PACKETS, SMALL PACKETS, MAGAZINES FOR CANADA AND PACKETS CONSISTING OF LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND.
Condition of posting.
" 25. Every commercial packet, printed packet, sample packet, small packet, magazine for Canada, and packet consisting of literature for the blind, shall be subject to examination in the post, and, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, shall not contain anything sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or contain or bear anything in the nature of a current and personal correspondence."
14. Subclause (
a
) of clause (i) of the proviso to paragraph (1) of Regulation 27 of the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the insertion of " telex exchange and number," after " telephone number,"
15. Paragraph (5) of Regulation 28 of the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the insertion of " telex exchange and number," after " telephone number.,"
16. The following Regulation is hereby inserted after Regulation 28 of the Principal Warrant
Rules as to small packets.
" 28A. (1) Every small packet shall bear on the outside the name and address of the sender and the addressee, and shall be clearly marked ` Small Packet ' on the left-hand side of the space above the address.
(2) The provisions in relation to the packing of sample packets contained in Regulation 28 shall (so far as applicable) apply to small packets."
17. Regulation 44 of the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following paragraph
" The advice of delivery form may, if the sender of the packet so requires, be transmitted by air mail to or from, or both to and from, the country or place of address of the packet ; and the sender shall pay for each transmission of the advice of delivery form by air mail the further fee specified in respect thereof in the Second Schedule hereto."
18. Paragraph (1) of Regulation 5 of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 2) Warrant, 1953 (
S.I. No. 280 of 1953
), is hereby amended by the insertion of " small packets," after " insured boxes,".
19. The entries in the First, Second and Third Schedules to this Warrant are hereby respectively substituted for the entries in the First, Second and Fourth Schedules, as amended, to the Principal Warrant.
20. The Foreign Post Amendment (No. 1) Warrant, 1951 (
S.I. No. 59 of 1951
), and the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 3) Warrant, 1954 (
S.I. No. 67 of 1954
), are hereby revoked.
FIRST SCHEDULE. —
contd.
Description of Postal Packet
Destination
Rate of Postage
Limit of Size
Limit of Weight
S.I. No. 47 of 1959.
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS. FOREIGN POST AMENDMENT (No. 6) WARRANT, 1959.
I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Finance, on the representation of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs as testified by his official seal affixed hereto, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2, 4, 12 and 82 of the Post Office Act, 1908, hereby order as follows :—
1.—(1) This Warrant may be cited as the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 6) Warrant, 1959.
(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the first day of April, 1959.