S.I. No. 101/1995 - Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 30) Scheme, 1995.

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 30) Scheme, 1995.

(2) This Scheme shall be operative from the 3rd day of April, 1995.

2. In this Scheme—

"The Principal Warrant" means the Foreign Parcel Post Warrant, 1953 (

S.I. No. 418 of 1953

).

"Scheme No. 19" means the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 19) Scheme, 1985 (

S.I. No. 40 of 1985

).

"Scheme No. 27" means the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 27) Scheme, 1992 (

S.I. No. 256 of 1992

).

"Scheme No. 28" means the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 28) Scheme, 1993 (

S.I. No. 97 of 1993

).

"Scheme No. 29" means the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 29) Scheme, 1994 (

S.I. No. 99 of 1994

).

3. The Second Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 4 of Scheme No. 28) of the entries in the First Schedule to this Scheme.

4. The Third Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of Scheme No. 27) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Scheme.

5. Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant, is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 6 of Scheme No. 19) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.

6. The First Schedule to the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 20) Scheme, 1985 (

S.I. No. 96 of 1985

), as inserted by Regulation 3 of Scheme No. 29, is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Maximum Postage

Parcel (except an Air Mail Parcel)

£125 for a parcel not exceeding 30 Kg.

Air Mail Parcel

£10 per 250g.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Customs Clearance Fee

On each parcel from outside the European Union where duty is payable: £2.00

THIRD SCHEDULE

Insurance Service

Compensation Fee*

Maximum Compensation

£1.25

£ 100

£1.50

£ 250

£1.75

£ 500

£2.00

£ 750

£2.25

£1,000

*The fees payable for Insurance Service are additional to normal Air or Surface parcel postage.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

EMS COURIER SERVICE

(To destinations outside the State)

Rates available to every user of the Service

Each Item

£

Zone A (United Kingdom)

First 500g

17.50

Each extra 500g to 5 Kg.

1.65

Each extra 500g to 30 Kg.

15p

Zone B (European Union Countries Except United Kingdom)

First 500g

18.60

Each extra 500g to 5 Kg.

2.85

Each extra 500g to 30 Kg.

80p

Zone C (European Countries outside the E. U.)

First 500g

20.00

Each extra 500g to 5 Kg.

3.15

Each extra 500g to 30 Kg.

1.00

Zone D (North America & Canada)

First 500g

20.60

Each extra 500g to 5 Kg.

4.00

Each extra 500g to 30 Kg.

1.80

Zone E and F (All other Countries)

First 500g

24.00

Each extra 500g to 5 Kg.

7.00

Each extra 500g to 30 Kg.

4.25

GIVEN under the Common Seal of AN POST, this 31st day of March, 1995.

PRESENT when the Common Seal of AN POST was affixed hereto

JOHN HYNES,

Director.

HARRY COOKE,

Secretary.

I, MICHAEL LOWRY, Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, hereby consent to the provisions of the foregoing Scheme.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 3rd day of April, 1995.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Scheme applies to the Foreign Parcel Post Service and shall be operative from the 3rd day of April, 1995. It authorises increases in the fees which may be charged for parcels and EMS Courier items being sent to destinations outside the State. It also authorises increases in the fees which may be charged for the Insurance Service and the Customs Clearance facility.

S.I. No. 101 of 1995.

FOREIGN PARCEL POST AMENDMENT (NO. 30) SCHEME, 1995.

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), and with the consent of the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, hereby makes the following Scheme