S.I. No. 215/1977 - Newspapers (Special Service For Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Amendment (No. 4) Warrant, 1977.

S.I. No. 215 of 1977.

NEWSPAPERS (SPECIAL SERVICE FOR CONVEYANCE BY POST OFFICE MAIL VANS) AMENDMENT (No. 4) 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 Newspapers (Special Service for Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Amendment (No. 4) Warrant, 1977.

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

2. The Schedule to the Newspapers (Special Service for Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Warrant, 1957 ( S.I. No. 37 of 1957 ), as amended by the Newspapers (Special Service for Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Amendment (No. 3) Warrant, 1974 ( S.I. No. 278 of 1974 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein of the entries in the Schedule to this Warrant.

SCHEDULE.

"In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-agent are bundles each not exceeding 1.5 kg. in weight ... ... ... ... ... ...	£12 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-agent are bundles each exceeding 1.5 kg. and not exceeding 3 kg. in weight ... ... ... ...	£18 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-agent are bundles each exceeding 3 kg. and not exceeding 5 kg. in weight	£24 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-agent are bundles each exceeding 5 kg. and not exceeding 7 kg. in weight	£33 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-agent are bundles each exceeding 7 kg. and not exceeding 10 kg. in weight	£42 per annum"

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

CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN,

Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.

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,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Warrant comes into operation on the 25th July, 1977. It substitutes metric weight steps for those hitherto in use.