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S.I. No. 213/1977 - Foreign Post Amendment (No. 18) Warrant, 1977.
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
1. Letter
All places
20g or less
11p
Maximum Dimensions
Exceeding 20g but not exceeding 50g
20p
Length, width and depth combined 900 mm; greatest dimensions, 600 mm. In roll form, length and twice the diameter combined 1040 mm; greatest dimension 900 mm.
2 kg
" 50g " " " 100g
26p
" 100g " " " 250g
52p
" 250g " " " 500g
100p
" 500g " " " 1kg
175p
" 1kg " " " 2kg
285p
Minimum Dimensions
Length, 140 mm; Width 90 mm. In roll form, length and twice diameter, 170 mm; greatest dimension not less than 100 mm.
2. Postcard
All places
Surface
9p
Maximum Dimensions
Length, 148 mm; Width, 105 mm.
Minimum Dimensions
Length, 140 mm; Width, 90 mm.
3. Printed Packet
All places
20g or less
6p
As for item 1 in this column
2 kg Books 5kg
Exceeding 20g but not exceeding 50g
9p
" 50g " " " 100g
12p
" 100g " " " 250g
22p
" 250g " " " 500g
34p
" 500g " " " 1kg
65p
" 1kg " " " 2kg
90p
Each extra kg or part thereof
45p
4. Small Packet
All places to which service is available
100g or less
12p
As for item 1 in this column
Exceeding 100g but not exceeding 250g
22p
" 250g " " " 500g
34p
" 500g " " " 1kg
65p
5. Literature for the Blind
All places to which service is available
Surface
Transmission without charge
As for item 1 in this column
7 kg
6. 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 20g or part of 20g in weight and for an air mail letter twelve pence.
Air Letter
As per form approved by the Minister
Air Mall 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
"
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 1st day of July, 1977.
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 1st day of July, 1977.
RICHIE RYAN.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Warrant applies to the Foreign Post service and comes into operation on 25th July, 1977. It substitutes metric weights and measurements for those hitherto in use.
7. The Foreign Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant, 1957 (
S.I. No. 58 of 1957
), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (1) and (2) of Regulation 5 (inserted by Regulation 17 of the Warrant of 1975)
(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this Regulation there shall be charged and paid on outgoing packets to which this Warrant applies the following rates of postage
For a packet not exceeding 50 g ... ... ... ...
5p
For a packet
exceeding 50 g but not exceeding 100g ... ...
6p
exceeding 100 g but not exceeding 250g ... ...
12p
exceeding 250 g but not exceeding 500g ... ...
17p
exceeding 500 g but not exceeding 1kg ... ...
34p
exceeding 1 kg but not exceeding 2kg ... ...
50p
For each extra kg or part thereof in
excess of 2 kg .. ..
30p
(2) Where the Minister has made arrangements with the senders for the transmission of outgoing packets to which this Warrant applies in mail bags provided by the Minister, there shall be charged and paid on every mail bag containing such packets the following rates of postage
(
a
) For every kg weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by surface means, 31p, and
(
b
) For every kg weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by air over all or part of the route, a rate not exceeding 348p.
8. Regulation 5 (3) of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant 1957 (inserted by Regulation 7 of the Warrant of 1974) is hereby amended by the substitution of "next nearest kg" for "nearest two pounds".
SCHEDULE.
"Rates of Postage.
Description of Postal Packet
Destination
Rate of Postage
Limit of Size
Limit of Weight
S.I. No. 213 of 1977.
FOREIGN POST AMENDMENT (NO. 18) WARRANT, 1977.
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