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S.I. No. 308/1981 - Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 16) Warrant, 1981.
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
1. (1) This Warrant may be cited as the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 16) Warrant, 1981.
(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1981.
2. In this Warrant—
“the Principal Warrant” means the Foreign Parcel Post Warrant, 1953 (
S.I. No. 418 of 1953
);
“the Warrant of 1980” means the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 14) Warrant, 1980 (
S.I. No. 203 of 1980
).
3. The Second Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of the Warrant of 1980) of the entries in the First Schedule to this Warrant.
4. The Third Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 15) Warrant of 1981) (
S.I. No. 118 of 1981
) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Warrant.
5. Part I (inserted by Regulation 5 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 13) Warrant, 1979 (
S.I. No. 262 of 1979
)) and Part II (inserted by Regulation 4 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 14) Warrant, 1980 (
S.I. No. 203 of 1980
)) of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant are hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Warrant.
6. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 4 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 15) Warrant of 1981) of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Warrant.
FIRST SCHEDULE
“
Maximum Postage
Parcel (except an Air Mail parcel)
£24 for a parcel not exceeding 10 kg.
Air Mail parcel
£4.00 per 250 g.
”
SECOND SCHEDULE
“
Customs Clearance Fee
On each parcel where customs duty is payable
72p
Outgoing Express Delivery Fee
46p
Advice of Delivery Fee on outgoing insured parcel
22p
”
THIRD SCHEDULE
“Part I (Uninsured Parcels)
Weight of Parcel
Compensation
Not over 5 kg
£13.50
Not over 10 kg
£20.25
Part II (Outgoing Insured Parcels)
Compensation Fee
Compensation
p
£
5
50
10
100
15
150
20
200
25
250
30
300
35
350
40
400
45
450
50
500
55
550
60
600
65
650
70
700
75
750
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Cash-on-Delivery Parcels
Cash-on-Delivery Fee
144p on outgoing parcel
GIVEN under my Hand, this 31st day of August, 1981.
PATRICK COONEY.
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the provisions of the foregoing Warrant.
JOHN BRUTON
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 31st day of August, 1981.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
This Warrant applies to the Foreign Parcel Post service and comes into operation on the 1st September, 1981. It authorises increases in fees charged for Customs Clearance and the Cash-on-Delivery Service.
I, PATRICK COONEY, 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:—