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S.I. No. 205/1970 - Foreign Post Amendment (No. 11) Warrant, 1970.
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
1. Ordinary registration
Late-Fee registration
A fee of 2s. 0d. per packet.
A fee (in addition to the ordinary registration fee) not exceeding 6d, as may be prescribed.
THIRD SCHEDULE.
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Compensation Fees
(including registration)
Maximum Compensation
s.
d.
£
2
3 ... ... ... ... ...
14
2
5 ... ... ... ... ...
28
2
7 ... ... ... ... ...
42
2
9 ... ... ... ... ...
56
2
11 ... ... ... ... ...
70
3
1 ... ... ... ... ...
84
3
3 ... ... ... ... ...
98
3
5 ... ... ... ... ...
112
3
7 ... ... ... ... ...
126
3
9 ... ... ... ... ...
140
3
11 ... ... ... ... ...
154
4
1 ... ... ... ... ...
168
4
3 ... ... ... ... ...
182
4
5 ... ... ... ... ...
196
4
7 ... ... ... ... ...
210
4
9 ... ... ... ... ...
224
4
11 ... ... ... ... ...
238
5
1 ... ... ... ... ...
252
5
3 ... ... ... ... ...
266
5
5 ... ... ... ... ...
280
5
7 ... ... ... ... ...
294
5
9 ... ... ... ... ...
308
5
11 ... ... ... ... ...
322
6
1 ... ... ... ... ...
336
6
3 ... ... ... ... ...
350
6
5 ... ... ... ... ...
364
6
7 ... ... ... ... ...
378
6
9 ... ... ... ... ...
392
6
11 ... ... ... ... ...
400
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of September, 1970.
GERARD COLLINS.
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the provisions of the foregoing Warrant.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 10th
day of September, 1970.
SEOIRSE Ó COLLA.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Warrant applies to the Foreign Post service and comes into operation on the 1st October, 1970. It authorises increases in the postage rates for letters, postcards, printed packets, printed packets (reduced rate and bulk posting rate), sample packets, small packets, as well as in fees for the registration and insurance services.
2. ( a ) Postcard (other than a reply postcard)
All places
8d.
Maximum dimensions
Length, 5
7
/
8
ins.; width, 4
1
/
8
ins.
Minimum dimensions
Length, 4ins.; width, 2 ¾ ins.
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( b ) Reply Postcard
All places
1s. 4d.
do.
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3. Printed Packet
All places
2oz. or less .. .. 6d.
Each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof .. .. .. 3d.
As for item 1 in this column
6 ½ lb.
Books
11 lb.
4. Sample Packet
All places
2oz. or less .. .. 6d.
Each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof .. .. .. 3d.
As for item 1 in this column
For British Commonwealth, 5 lb. For other places, 1 lb.
5. Small Packet
All places to which service is available
Per 2oz. .. .. .. 6d.
Minimum charge .. 2s. 4d.
As for item 1 in this column.
2 lb.
6. Literature for the Blind
All places to which service is available
Transmission without charge
As for item 1 in this column
15 lb.
7. Insured Box
All places to which service is available
Per 2oz. .. .. .. 6d.
Minimum charge .. 2s.6d.
12 ins x 8 ins x 4 ins.
2 lb.
8. 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 mail packet does not exceed seven shillings and sixpence for each ½oz. or part of ½oz. in weight and for an air letter two shillings.
Air Letter: As per form approved by the Minister Air Mail Packet: Postcard: as for item 2 in this column Other packet: as for item 1 in this column
As may be permitted by the Minister. As for the appropriate category of postal packet.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
SERVICE
CHARGE
S.I. No. 205 of 1970.
FOREIGN POST AMENDMENT (No. 11) WARRANT, 1970.
I, GERARD COLLINS, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
sections 2
,
3
and
6
of the
Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1969
, (No. 18 of 1969), and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby order as follows:—