S.I. No. 126/1964 - Postal Order (Inland) Amendment (No. 8) Regulations, 1964.


S.I. No. 126 of 1964.

POSTAL ORDER (INLAND) AMENDMENT (No. 8) REGULATIONS, 1964.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Finance, on the representation, of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs as testified by his Official Seal affixed hereto, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 23, 24 and 82 of the Post Office Act, 1908, and section 5 of the Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1951 (No. 17 of 1951), hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Postal Order (Inland) Amendment (No. 8) Regulations, 1964.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1964.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

4. These Regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Postal Order (Inland) Regulations, 1905, hereinafter referred to as the Principal Regulations, and all Regulations amending the same.

5. The following Regulation is hereby substituted for Regulation 5 (inserted by the Postal Order (Inland) Amendment (No. 7) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 50 of 1960 )) of the Principal Regulations :

" 5. The poundage payable on postal orders shall be as follows :

For an order for 6d.

2d.

For an order for any multiple of 6d. between 1s. and 3s., both inclusive, or for any multiple of 1s. between 4s. and 20s., both inclusive

4d.

For an order for any multiple of 1s. between 21s. and 100s., both inclusive

6d.

"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of May, 1964.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN.

  The Official Seal of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs affixed this 27th day of May, 1964.

MICHAEL HILLIARD.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Instrument which comes into operation on the 1st June, 1964, provides for amending the poundage on postal orders as follows :—

Present Rates

New Rates

Value of Postal Order

Poundage

Value of Postal Order

Poundage

6d.

2d.

6d.

2.d

1/-, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-, 5/-, 6/-, 7/-, 8/-, 9/-, 10/-, 11/-, 12/-, 13/-, 14/-, 15/-

3d.

1/-, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-, 5/-, 6/-, 7/-, 8/-, 9/-, 10/-, 11/-, 12/-, 13/-, 14/-, 15/-, 16/-, 17/-, 18/-, 19/-, 20/-

16/-, 17/-, 18/-, 19/-, 20/-

4d.

4d.

25/-, 30/-, 40/-, £3, £4, £5

6.d

25/-, 30/-, 40/-, £3, £4, £5

6d.