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S.I. No. 280/1974 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 19) Warrant, 1974.
Table of Provisions (13)
Statutory Text (13 Articles)
1. Postal Packet handed for registration to an officer of the Post Office authorised to receive the same, though not on duty at a Post Office or handed in at a Post Office for registration.
18p
Such extra sum not exceeding 2½p as may be prescribed. (Applicable only to packets intended to be forwarded by the next despatch but registered after the expiration of the time appointed for the registration of packets (without extra fee) and within such further time as the Minister may from time to time appoint with reference to any particular Post Office).
2. Compulsory registration pursuant to Regulation 42 of the Warrant.
36p
(Less any amount which may have been affixed in postage stamps in excess of the ordinary postage).
PART II.
Column 1
Registration Fee (in addition to Ordinary Postage)
Column 2
Maximum Compensation
p
£
Minimum
18
50
19
100
20
150
21
200
22
250
23
300
24
350
25
400
"
FIFTH SCHEDULE.
"CASH-ON-DELIVERY PARCEL.
SCALE OF FEES PAYABLE.
Column 1
Trade Charge
Column 2
Fee
Not exceeding £50
20p
"
SIXTH SCHEDULE.
"POSTAL PACKETS IN BOND.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
£
£
Number of postal packets
1
0·80
0·40
2
1·10
0·55
3
1·40
0·70
4
1·70
0·85
5
1·80
0·90
6 to 10 inclusive
2·10
1·05
11 to 20 inclusive
2·70
1·35
21 to 30 inclusive
3·30
1·65
31 to 40 inclusive
3·90
1·95
41 to 50 inclusive
4·50
2·25
every additional 25 or part thereof
0·80
0·40
"
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of September, 1974.
CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN.
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the provisions of the foregoing Warrant.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 20th day of
September, 1974.
RICHIE RYAN.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Warrant applies to the Inland Post service and comes into operation on the 1st October, 1974. It authorises increases in the letter, postcard, printed packet, newspaper, sample packet and parcel post rates of postage and in the fees charged for registration, customs clearance and other miscellaneous services.
3. Certificate of Delivery (obtained and forwarded to the sender of a registered postal packet at his request).
7p
The Certificate relates to the delivery of the postal packet at the place to which the said packet is addressed. The service is subject to such Rules as may be prescribed.
4. Deposit Account for payment of postage.
An annual fee of £2 in respect of each such account.
As provided by Regulation 11 of this Warrant.
5. Re-direction.
As provided by Regulation 26 of this Warrant.
As provided by Regulation 26 of this Warrant.
"
THIRD SCHEDULE.
"EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE.
Service
Fee
Conveyance by special messenger of a postal packet throughout the whole of the service demanded or through part only of its course in the post.
For delivery in Ireland a mileage fee at the rate of 9p for the first mile or part thereof and 5p for every additional mile or part thereof.
For delivery in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, a mileage fee of 9p.
Writing down of express message received by telephone.
A fee (in addition to the appropriate telephone fee and the appropriate mileage fee) of 5p.
"
FOURTH SCHEDULE.
"REGISTERED POSTAL PACKETS.
PART I.
Column 1
Service
Fee in addition to Ordinary Postage
Column 2
Registration Fee
Column 3
Late Fee
6. Literature for the Blind
Transmission without charge
As for letters
15 lb.
—
7. Parcel
Weight not exceeding 2 lb.
25p
Maximum dimensions
22 lb.
—
Exceeding 2 lb. and not exceeding 7 lb.
35p
Greatest length, 3 ft. 6 ins. Greatest length and girth combined, 6 ft. (The girth to be measured round the thickest part).
Exceeding 7 lb. and not exceeding 11 lb
45p
Exceeding 11 lb. and not exceeding 22 lb.
65p
Minimum dimensions: As for letters.
"
SECOND SCHEDULE.
"CERTAIN SERVICES AND CHARGES THEREFOR.
Column 1
Service
Column 2
Charge
Column 3
Provisions
8. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 5 of the Inland Post Amendment (No. 18) Warrant, 1973) of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Warrant.
9. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 11 of the Inland Post Amendment (No. 17) Warrant, 1971) of the entries in the Fifth Schedule to this Warrant.
10. The Second Schedule to the Inland Post Amendment (No. 11) Warrant, 1962 (
S.I. No. 66 of 1962
), is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 12 of the Inland Post Amendment (No. 17) Warrant, 1971) of the entries in the Sixth Schedule to this Warrant.
11. Regulation 7 of the Inland Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant, 1953 (
S.I. No. 279 of 1953
), as amended by Regulation 13 of the Inland Post Amendment (No. 17) Warrant, 1971, is hereby further amended by the substitution for "five new pence" of "twenty new pence".
12. The Inland Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant, 1953 (
S.I. No. 248 of 1953
), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for Regulation 5
"5. The provisions of the Principal Warrant with reference to the prepayment of postage shall not apply to:—
(
a
) business reply packets or
(
b
) postage and fees payable on postal packets with respect to which the Minister has entered into an arrangement with the senders thereof for the grant of credit facilities,
and as respects a business reply packet, the postage charged, if not prepaid, shall be the postage otherwise chargeable thereon and, in addition to postage, a fee of one halfpenny shall also be charged."
FIRST SCHEDULE.
"Rates of Postage.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Description of Postal Packet
Rate of Postage
Limit of Size
Limit of Weight
Conditions
S.I. No. 280 of 1974.
INLAND POST AMENDMENT (NO. 19) WARRANT, 1974.
I, CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN, 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