S.I. No. 33/1971 -- Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 7) Warrant 1971.

S.I. No. 33/1971 -- Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 7) Warrant 1971. 1971 33

S.I. No. 33/1971:

FOREIGN PARCEL POST AMENDMENT (NO. 7) WARRANT 1971.

I, GERARD COLLINS, 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 : --

1. (1) This Warrant may be cited as the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 7) Warrant, 1971.

(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 15th day of February, 1971.

2. In this Warrant " the Principal Warrant " means the Foreign Parcel Post Warrant, 1953 ( S.I. No. 418 of 1953 ).

3. The Second 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. 6) Warrant, 1968 ( S.I. No. 264 of 1968 )) 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 5 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 6) Warrant, 1968) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Warrant.

5. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 6 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 6) Warrant, 1968) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Warrant.

6. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution to the entries therein of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Warrant.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

"Maximum Postage:

Parcel (except an Air Mail parcel)	£4 for a parcel not exceeding 22 lb.
Air Mail Parcel	£1 per ½ lb."

SECOND SCHEDULE.

"Customs Clearance Fee:
On each parcel where the duty does not exceed 50p ...	8p
On each parcel where the duty exceeds 50p ... ... ...	14p
Outgoing Express Delivery Fee ... ... ... ... ...	9p
Advice of Delivery Fee on outgoing insured parcel ... ...	4p
For each transmission of the advice of delivery form by air mail	2½p"

THIRD SCHEDULE.

"PART I

(UNINSURED PARCELS).

Weight of Parcel	Compensation
	£
Not over 2 lb. ... ... ... ... ... ... ...	1·35
Over 2 lb. but not over 7 lb. ... ... ... ... ...	2·05
Over 7 lb. but not over 11 lb. ... ... ... ... ...	3·40
Over 11 lb. but not over 22 lb. ... ... ... ... ...	5·45

PART II (OUTGOING INSURED PARCELS).

Compensation Fee	Compensation
p	£
1	14
2	28
3	42
4	70
5	84
6	98
7	112
8	126
9	154
10	168
11	182
12	196
13	210
14	238
15	252
16	266
17	280
18	294
19	322
20	336
21	350
22	364
23	378
24	400

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Cash on Delivery Parcels

Cash-on-Delivery fee:

1p for each £1 of the Trade charge subject to a minimum fee of 5 new pence.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of February, 1971.

GERARD COLLINS.

Toilìonn an tAire Airgeadais leis seo le forálacha an Bharántais sin roimhe seo.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 4th day of February, 1971.

SEOIRSE ó COLLA.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Warrant applies to the Foreign Parcel Post service and comes into operation on the 15th February, 1971. It authorises the decimal currency equivalents of the maximum rates of postage for parcels and of the fees for insurance, express and customs clearance services and other miscellaneous services.

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S.I. No. 33/1971 -- Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 7) Warrant 1971.