S.I. No. 213/1977 -- Foreign Post Amendment (No. 18) Warrant, 1977.

S.I. No. 213/1977 -- Foreign Post Amendment (No. 18) Warrant, 1977. 1977 213

S.I. No. 213/1977:

FOREIGN POST AMENDMENT (NO. 18) WARRANT, 1977.

I, CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN, 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 Post Amendment (No. 18) Warrant, 1977.

(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 25th day of July, 1977.

2. In this Warrant--

"the Principal Warrant" means the Foreign Post Warrant, 1949 ( S.I. No. 267 of 1949 );

"the Warrant of 1974" means the Foreign Post Warrant, 1974 ( S.I. No. 281 of 1974 );

"the Warrant of 1977" means the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 17) Warrant, 1977 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1977 ).

3. Regulation 23 of the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (3) of the following paragraph:

" (3) A postcard shall not be more than 148 mm in length and 105 mm in width, or less than 140 mm in length and 90 mm in width, and shall be made of cardboard or paper stout enough not to hinder its manipulation."

4. The First Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of the Warrant of 1977) of the entries in the Schedule to this Warrant.

5. Regulation 5 (1) of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant, 1956 ( S.I. No. 148 of 1956 ) (inserted by Regulation 6 of the Warrant of 1974) as amended by Regulation 7 of the Warrant of 1977, is hereby amended by the substitution for "two pounds" and "40p" of "kg"and "44p", respectively.

6. Regulation 5 (2) of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant, 1956 ( S.I. No. 148 of 1956 ), as amended by Regulation 14 (b) of Foreign Post Amendment (No. 13) Warrant, 1971 ( S.I. No. 198 of 1971 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of "next nearest kg" for "nearest two pounds".

7. The Foreign Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant, 1957 ( S.I. No. 58 of 1957 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (1) and (2) of Regulation 5 (inserted by Regulation 17 of the Warrant of 1975):

(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this Regulation there shall be charged and paid on outgoing packets to which this Warrant applies the following rates of postage:

For a packet not exceeding 50 g ... ... ... ...	5p

For a packet
exceeding 50 g but not exceeding 100g ... ...	6p
exceeding 100 g but not exceeding 250g ... ...	12p
exceeding 250 g but not exceeding 500g ... ...	17p
exceeding 500 g but not exceeding 1kg ... ...	34p
exceeding 1 kg but not exceeding 2kg ... ...	50p
For each extra kg or part thereof in
excess of 2 kg .. ..	30p

(2) Where the Minister has made arrangements with the senders for the transmission of outgoing packets to which this Warrant applies in mail bags provided by the Minister, there shall be charged and paid on every mail bag containing such packets the following rates of postage:

( a ) For every kg weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by surface means, 31p, and

( b ) For every kg weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by air over all or part of the route, a rate not exceeding 348p.

8. Regulation 5 (3) of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant 1957 (inserted by Regulation 7 of the Warrant of 1974) is hereby amended by the substitution of "next nearest kg" for "nearest two pounds".

SCHEDULE.

"Rates of Postage.

Description of Postal Packet	Destination	Rate of Postage		Limit of Size	Limit of Weight
1. Letter	All places	20g or less	11p	Maximum Dimensions:
		Exceeding 20g but not exceeding 50g	20p	Length, width and depth combined 900 mm; greatest dimensions, 600 mm. In roll form, length and twice the diameter combined 1040 mm; greatest dimension 900 mm.	2 kg
		" 50g " " " 100g	26p
		" 100g " " " 250g	52p
		" 250g " " " 500g	100p
		" 500g " " " 1kg	175p
		" 1kg " " " 2kg	285p	Minimum Dimensions:
				Length, 140 mm; Width 90 mm. In roll form, length and twice diameter, 170 mm; greatest dimension not less than 100 mm.
2. Postcard	All places	Surface	9p	Maximum Dimensions:
				Length, 148 mm; Width, 105 mm.
				Minimum Dimensions:
				Length, 140 mm; Width, 90 mm.
3. Printed Packet	All places	20g or less	6p	As for item 1 in this column	2 kg Books 5kg
	Exceeding 20g but not exceeding 50g	9p
		" 50g " " " 100g	12p
		" 100g " " " 250g	22p
		" 250g " " " 500g	34p
		" 500g " " " 1kg	65p
		" 1kg " " " 2kg	90p
		Each extra kg or part thereof	45p
4. Small Packet	All places to which service is available	100g or less	12p	As for item 1 in this column
		Exceeding 100g but not exceeding 250g	22p
		" 250g " " " 500g	34p
" 500g " " " 1kg	65p
5. Literature for the Blind	All places to which service is available	Surface: Transmission without charge		As for item 1 in this column	7 kg
6. Air Letter and Air Mail Packet	All places to which service is available	Such rate as may be fixed by the Minister from time to time, provided that the maximum rate for an air mail packet does not exceed thirty-seven pence for each 20g or part of 20g in weight and for an air mail letter twelve pence.		Air Letter: As per form approved by the Minister Air Mall Packet: Postcard: as for item 2 in this column Other Packet: as for item 1 in this column	As may be permitted by the Minister As for the appropriate category of Postal Packet

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 1st day of July, 1977.

CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the provisions of the foregoing Warrant.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 1st day of July, 1977.

RICHIE RYAN.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Warrant applies to the Foreign Post service and comes into operation on 25th July, 1977. It substitutes metric weights and measurements for those hitherto in use.

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