S.I. No. 49/1977 - Foreign Post Amendment (No. 17) Warrant, 1977.

1. Late Fee Postal Packet

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

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

Duty A fee of 28p per packet.

3. Express postal packet—outgoing

Express postal packet-incoming

A fee not exceeding 10 p as may be prescribed.

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

4. Ordinary registration

Late-fee registration

A fee of 27p per packet.

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.

"

THIRD SCHEDULE.

"

Service

Maximum Compensation

Registration

£7·20

"

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

"Compensation Fees

Maximum

(including Registration)

Compensation

p

£

28

16

29

32

30

48

31

64

32

80

33

96

34

112

35

128

36

144

37

160

38

176

39

192

40

208

41

224

42

240

43

256

44

272

45

288

46

304

47

320

48

336

49

352

50

368

51

384

52

400"

GIVEN under my official Seal, this 22nd day of February, 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 22nd day of February, 1977.

RICHIE RYAN.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Warrant applies to the Foreign Post service and comes into operation on 1st April, 1977. It authorises increases in the postage rates for letters, postcards, printed packets (ordinary rate, reduced rate, bulk post rates and accelerated surface bulk rates) and small packets as well as in the fees for the express delivery, registration, insurance and customs clearance services. It also authorises an increase in the maximum compensation for registered letter packets.

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 ½ oz. or part of ½ oz. in weight and for an air letter twelve 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

SECOND SCHEDULE.

"

7. Regulation 5 (1) of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant 1956 (

S.I. No. 148 of 1956

) (inserted by Regulation 6 of the Warrant of 1974, as amended by Regulation 16 of the Warrant of 1975,) is hereby amended by the substitution for "35p" and "350p" of "40p" and "360p", respectively.

8. The Foreign Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant, 1957 (

S.I. No. 58 of 1957

), is hereby amended by the substitution in Regulation 5 (inserted by Regulation 7 of the Warrant of 1974) of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (1) and (2) (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 2 oz.............

5.5p

For a packet

exceeding 2 oz. but not exceeding 4 oz.........

6.5p

exceeding 4 oz. but not exceeding 8 oz.........

11.5p

exceeding 8 oz. but not exceeding 1 lb.........

17 p

exceeding 1 lb. but not exceeding 2 lb.........

34 p

exceeding 2 lb. but not exceeding 4 lb.........

51 p

For each extra 2 lb. or part thereof in excess of 4 lb....

28 p

(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 two pounds weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by surface means, 28p, and

(

b

) For every two pounds weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by air over all or part of the route, a rate not exceeding 348p."

FIRST SCHEDULE

Description of postal packet

Destination

Rate of Postage

Limit of Size

Limit of Weight

S.I. No. 49 of 1977.

FOREIGN POST AMENDMENT (No. 17) 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