S.I. No. 477/2003 - Foreign Post Amendment (No. 38) Scheme, 2003
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
1. Great Britain, Channel Islands and Isle Of Man
None
900.00
2. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden
None
150.00
3. All destinations other than those listed at 1 and 2 above
None
35.00
Given under the common seal of An Post this 29
th
day
of SEPTEMBER, 2003.
Present when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto
Director
Secretary
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
This Scheme applies to the Foreign Post Service and shall be operative with effect from 6
th
day of January 2003. It authorises increases in the postage rates for postal packets and other services that are outside the reserved area provided for in the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (
S.I. No. 616 of 2002
).
4. Words defined in the Principal Warrant shall have the same meaning in this Scheme.
5. All rates and charges for letters and postal packets in this Scheme pertain to postal packets outside the “reserved area” as defined by the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (
S.I. No. 616 of 2002
).
6. The entries in the First Schedule to this Scheme are hereby substituted for the entries in the First Schedule (as inserted by Regulation 5 of Scheme No. 36) to the Principal Warrant insofar as they relate to the letters and postal packets referred to in Regulation 4 of this Scheme.
7. The entries in the Second Schedule to this Scheme are hereby substituted for the entries in the Second Schedule (as inserted by Regulation 15 of Scheme No. 34 and amended by Regulation 6 of Scheme No. 36) to the Principal Warrant.
8. The entries in the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant (as inserted by Regulation 7 of Scheme No. 36) are hereby replaced by the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Rates of Postage
Description of Postal Packet
Limit of Size
Destination
Limit of Weight
Rate €
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) as amended by Regulation 8(4) of the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (
S.I. No. 616 of 2002
), hereby makes the following Scheme