S.I. No. 50/1977 - Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 11) Warrant, 1977.

S.I. No. 50 of 1977.

FOREIGN PARCEL POST AMENDMENT (No. 11) 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 Parcel Post Amendment (No. 11) Warrant, 1977.

(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1977.

2. In this Warrant

"the Principal Warrant" means the Foreign Parcel Post Warrant. 1953 ( S.I. No. 418 of 1953 );

"the Warrant of 1975" means the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 10) Warrant 1975 ( S.I. No. 316 of 1975 ).

3. The Second Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 5 of the Warrant of 1975) 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 6 of the Warrant of 1975) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Warrant.

5. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 8 of the Warrant of 1975) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Warrant.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

"Maximum Postage:
Parcel (except an Air Mail parcel)	£12 for a parcel not exceeding 22 lb
Air Mail parcel	£2 per ½ lb."

SECOND SCHEDULE.

"Customs Clearance Fee
On each parcel where customs duty is payable	34p
Outgoing Express Delivery Fee	26p
Advice of Delivery Fee on outgoing insured parcel	7p"

THIRD SCHEDULE.

"Cash-on-Delivery Parcels	68p on outgoing
Cash on Delivery fee	parcel"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of February, 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 22nd day of February, 1977.

RICHIE RYAN.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Warrant applies to the Foreign Parcel Post service and comes into operation on the 1st April, 1977. It authorises an increase in the maximum postage which may be charged on a foreign surface parcel from £10 to £12 and on a foreign air parcel from £1.50 to £2 per ½ lb. It also authorises increases in fees charged for the Insurance, Customs Clearance and Cash-on-Delivery services.