S.I. No. 463/1986 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 39) Scheme, 1986.

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Inland Post Amendment (No. 39) Scheme, 1986.

(2) This Scheme shall come into operation on the 11th day December, 1986.

2. In this Scheme—

"the Principal Warrant" means the Inland Post Warrant, 1939 (

S.I. No. 202 of 1939

).

3. The First Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entry numbered 8 therein (Inserted by the Inland Post Amendment (No. 37) Scheme, 1986 (

S.I. No. 92 of 1986

)) of the entry in the First schedule of the Scheme.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Rates of Postage

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Description of Postal Packet

Rate of Postage

Limit of Size

Limit of Weight

Conditions

8. Parcel

Weight not exceeding 1 kg

160p

Maximum dimensions

25 kg

Exceeding 1 kg and not exceeding 3 kg

210p

Greatest length,

1500 mm,

Exceeding 3 kg and not exceeding 5 kg

250p

Greatest length and girth combined,

Exceeding 5 kg and not exceeding 10 kg

320p

3000 mm (The girth to be measured round the thickest part.)

Exceeding 10 kg and not exceeding 11 kg

335p

Exceeding 11 kg and not exceeding 12 kg

350p

Minimum dimensions

Exceeding 12 kg and not exceeding 13 kg

365p

As for letters

Exceeding 13 kg and not exceeding 14 kg

380p

Exceeding 14 kg and not exceeding 15 kg

395p

Exceeding 15 kg and not exceeding 16 kg

410p

Exceeding 16 kg and not exceeding 17 kg

425p

Exceeding 17 kg and not exceeding 18 kg

440p

Exceeding 18 kg and not exceeding 19 kg

455p

FIRST SCHEDULE—

continued

Rates of Postage

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Description of Postal Packet

Rate of Postage

Limit of Size

Limit of Weight

Conditions

Exceeding 19 kg and not exceeding 20 kg

470p

Exceeding 20 kg and not exceeding 21 kg

485p

Exceeding 21 kg and not exceeding 22 kg

500p

Exceeding 22 kg and not exceeding 23 kg

515p

Exceeding 23 kg and not exceeding 24 kg

530p

Exceeding 24 kg and not exceeding 25 kg

545p

GIVEN under the Common Seal of AN POST this 17th day of December 1986.

PRESENT when the

Common Seal of AN POST

was affixed hereto

H. COOKE

G. HARVEY

_______________________

____________________

Name

Director

MANAGER,

Company Secretary's Office

J. TREACY

____________________

__________________

Description

Secretary

An Post.

GENERAL Post Office,

Dublin 1.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The scheme applies to the Inland Post Service and comes into operation on the 11th day of December 1986. It authorises increases in maximum weight and size limits for parcels, and fixes the rates of postage for parcels weighing between 10 kg. and 25 kg.

S.I. No. 463 of 1986.

INLAND POST AMENDMENT (No. 39) SCHEME, 1986.

AN POST, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

Section 70

of the

Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983

(No. 24 of 1983), hereby makes the following Scheme.