S.I. No. 35/1971 - Money Order Amendment (No. 19) Regulations, 1971.

S.I. No. 35 of 1971.

MONEY ORDER AMENDMENT (No. 19) REGULATIONS, 1971.

I, GERARD COLLINS, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23 of the Post Office Act, 1908, and section 3 of the Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1969 (No. 18 of 1969), and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Money Order Amendment (No. 19) Regulations, 1971.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 15th day of February, 1971.

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

4. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations." means the Money Order Regulations, 1903.

5. Regulation 18 (1) of the Principal Regulations, as amended by Regulation 2 of the Money Order Amendment (No. 10) Regulations, 1921 (S.R. & O., No. 1205 of 1921), and Regulation 4 of the Money Order Amendment (No. 18) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 266 of 1968 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following tables for Tables A, B and C which set out the poundage and fees payable in respect of money orders:–

"A	Poundage
In respect of inland money orders :
for an amount not exceeding £50.00 ... ...	12½p
for an amount exceeding £50.00 but not exceeding £75.00 ... ... ... ... ...	14p
for an amount exceeding £75.00 but not exceeding £100.00 ... ... ... ... ...	15p

B	Poundage
In respect of foreign money orders:
for every £1.00, or fraction of £1.00, up to and including £2.00 ... ... ... ... ...	2½p
for every additional £2.00, or fraction of £2.00 ...	2½p

C	Poundage
In respect of supplementary services:
for correcting or altering the name of the remitter or payee ... ... ... ... ...	½p
for stopping payment ... ... ... ... ...	1½p
for the issue of a duplicate money order (including stopping payment of the original order) ...	2½p
for the renewal of a void money order ... ...	2½p
for an advice or certificate of payment of an inland money order ... ... ... ... ...	1p
for an advice or certificate of payment of a foreign money order	1p"

6. Regulation 25 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of " a supplementary fee of one new penny " for " a supplementary fee of twopence".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 4th day of February, 1971.

GERARD COLLINS.

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

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 4th day of February, 1971.

SEOIRSE Ó COLLA.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Warrant applies to the Money Order service and comes into operation on the 15th February, 1971. It authorises the decimal currency equivalents of the poundage payable in respect of inland and foreign money orders and of the fees payable for other miscellaneous services.