S.I. No. 263/1968 - Foreign Post Amendment (No. 9) Warrant, 1968.

S.I. No. 263 of 1968.

FOREIGN POST AMENDMENT (No. 9) WARRANT, 1968.

I, JOHN LYNCH, Minister for Finance, on the representation of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, made in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Posts and Telegraphs (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1967 ( S.I. No. 158 of 1967 ), as testified by his signature hereon, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2, 4, 12 and 82 of the Post Office Act, 1908, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Warrant may be cited as the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 9) Warrant, 1968.

(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1969.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Warrant.

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

" the Warrant of 1964" means the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 7) Warrant, 1964 ( S.I. No. 123 of 1964 ).

4. The First Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 16 of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 8) Warrant, 1965 ( S.I. No. 253 of 1965 ) ) of the entries in the First Schedule to this Warrant.

5. The Second Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 11 of the Warrant of 1964) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Warrant.

6. The Third Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 1) Warrant, 1951 ( S.I. No. 59 of 1951 )) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Warrant.

7. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 11 of the Warrant of 1964) of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Warrant.

8. Regulation 5 (1) of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant, 1956 ( S.I. No. 148 of 1956 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for "1s. 0d." (inserted by Regulation 9 of the Warrant of 1964) of "1s. 4d."

9. Regulation 5 of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant, 1957 ( S.I. No. 58 of 1957 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for "3d." in both places where that amount is mentioned and for "1½d." (both amounts having been inserted by Regulation 10 of the Warrant of 1964) of "4d." and "2d.", respectively.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Description of Postal Packet	Destination	Rate of Postage		Limit of Size	Limit of Weight
1. Letter .. ..	All places	1 oz. or less .. ..	9d.	Maximum dimensions:	4 lb.
		Each additional oz. or fraction thereof .. .. ..	5d.	Length, breadth and width combined, 3ft. ; greatest dimension, 2ft.
				In roll form, length and twice diameter, 3ft. 3 ins. ; greatest dimension, 2 ft. 8 ins.

				Minimum dimensions:
				Length, 4 ins. ; width, 2¾ ins. In roll form, length and twice diameter, 6¾ ins. ; greatest dimension, not less than 4 ins. Items with a size less than the minimum are admitted if they bear a rectangular address label of cardboard or strong paper of which the two adjacent sides measure together not less than 6¼ ins. and the smaller side is not less than 1½ ins.
2. (a) Postcard (other than a reply postcard)	All places		.. .. .. 5d.	Maximum dimensions:	—
				Length, 5 ⁷/₈ ins. ; width, 4 ¹/₈ ins.
				Minimum dimensions:
				Length, 4 ins, ; width, 2¾ ins.
(b) Reply Postcard ..	All places		.. .. .. 10d.	do.	—
3. Printed Packet ..	All places	2 oz. or less .. ..	4d.	As for item 1 in this column	6½ lb.
		Each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof .. .. ..	2d.		Books 11 lb.

FIRST SCHEDULE—(continued)

Description of Postal Packet	Destination	Rate of Postage		Limit of Size	Limit of Weight
4. Sample Packet ..	All places	2 oz. or less.. ..	4d.	As for item 1 in this column	For British Commonwealth, 5 lb.
Each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof .. .. ..	2d.

5. Small Packet .. ..	All places to Which service is available	Per 2 oz. .. .. ..	4d.	As for item 1 in this column	2 lb.
Minimum charge ..	1s. 8d.
6. Literature for the Blind	All places	2 lb. or less .. ..	½d.	As for item 1 in this column
Each additional 3 lb. or fraction thereof .. .. ..	½d.
7. Insured Box .. ..	All places to which service is available	Per 2 oz. .. .. ..	6d.	12 ins. x 8 ins. x 4 ins.	2 lb.
Minimum charge ..	2s. 6d.
8. Air Letter and Air MailPacket .. ..	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 seven shillings and sixpence for each ½ oz. or part of ½ oz. in weight and for an air letter one shilling and sixpence.		Air Letter: As per form approved by the Minister
				Air Mail Packet: Postcard as for item 2 in this column
				other packet : as for item 1 in this column

SECOND SCHEDULE

SERVICE
1. Late Fee Postal Packet ..	A fee (in addition to the postage) not exceeding 6d. as may be prescribed.
2. Customs Clearance Fee on incoming postal packet liable to Customs Duty.	A fee of 1s. per packet.
3. Express postal packet—outgoing.	A fee not exceeding Is. 6d. as may be prescribed.
Express postal packet—incoming.	At the scale of lees in force for express delivery of Inland postal packets.
4. Ordinary registration ..	A fee of 1s. 3d. per packet.
Late-Fee registration ..	A fee (in addition to the ordinary registration fee) not exceeding 6d. as may be prescribed.
5. Advice of delivery ..	A fee of 9d. per registered postal packet.
	A further fee of 6d. for each air mail transmission of the advice of delivery form.

THIRD SCHEDULE

SERVICE	MAXIMUM COMPENSATION
Registration	£38s. 0d. "

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Compensation Fees (including registration)		Maximum Compensation
s.	d.	£
1	6 .. .. .. .. .. ..	14
1	8 .. .. .. .. .. ..	28
1	10 .. .. .. .. .. ..	42
2	0 .. .. .. .. .. ..	56
2	2 .. .. .. .. .. ..	70
2	4 .. .. .. .. .. ..	84
2	6 .. .. .. .. .. ..	98
2	8 .. .. .. .. .. ..	112
2	10 .. .. .. .. .. ..	126
3	0 .. .. .. .. .. ..	140
3	2 .. .. .. .. .. ..	154
3	4 .. .. .. .. .. ..	168
3	6 .. .. .. .. .. ..	182
3	8 .. .. .. .. .. ..	196
3	10 .. .. .. .. .. ..	210
4	0 .. .. .. .. .. ..	224
4	2 .. .. .. .. .. ..	238
4	4 .. .. .. .. .. ..	252
4	6 .. .. .. .. .. ..	266
4	8 .. .. .. .. .. ..	280
4	10 .. .. .. .. .. ..	294
5	0 .. .. .. .. .. ..	308
5	2 .. .. .. .. .. ..	322
5	4 .. .. .. .. .. ..	336
5	6 .. .. .. .. .. ..	350
5	8 .. .. .. .. .. ..	364
5	10 .. .. .. .. .. ..	378
6	0 .. .. .. .. .. ..	392
6	2 .. .. .. .. .. ..	400

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of December, 1968.

J JOHN LYNCH.

GIVEN under my hand, this 13th day of December, 1968.

PATRICK JOSEPH LALOR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Warrant applies to the Foreign Post service and comes into operation on the 1st January, 1969. It authorises increases in the postage rates for letters, postcards, printed packets, printed packets (reduced rate and bulk posting rate), sample packets, small packets, and insured boxes, as well as in fees for the registration and insurance services and for advice of delivery of outgoing registered packets.