S.I. No. 281/1974 - Foreign Post Amendment (No. 15) Warrant, 1974.

1. Late Fee Postal Packet

2. Customs Clearance Fee on incoming postal packet liable to Customs Duty

3. Express postal packet—outgoing

Express postal packet—incoming

At the scale of fees in force for express delivery of Inland postal packets.

4. Ordinary registration

A fee of 18p per packet.

Late-fee registration

A fee (in addition to the ordinary registration fee) not exceeding 2½p as may be prescribed.

5. Advice of delivery

A fee of 7p per registered postal packet.

A further fee of 3p for each air mail transmission of the advice of delivery form.

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

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Compensation Fees (including Registration)

Maximum

Compensation

p

£

19

16

20

32

21

48

22

64

23

80

24

96

25

112

26

128

27

144

28

160

29

176

30

192

31

208

32

224

33

240

34

256

35

272

36

288

37

304

38

320

39

336

40

352

41

368

42

384

43

400

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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 Foreign Post service and comes into operation on 1st October, 1974. It authorises increases in the postage rates for letters, postcards, printed packets (ordinary rate, reduced rate and bulk post rate) and small packets as well as in the fees for the registration and insurance services and in the fees for various miscellaneous services. The Warrant also provides for an accelerated surface service for the conveyance of printed paper bulk post.

6. Insured Box

All places to which service is available

Per 2 oz...

3p

12 ins. x 8 ins. x 4 ins.

2 lb.

Minimum charge

15p

7. 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 thirty-seven pence for each ½ oz. or part of ½ oz. in weight and for an air letter ten pence.

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.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

SERVICE

S.I. No. 281 of 1974.

FOREIGN POST AMENDMENT (NO. 15) 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