S.I. No. 365/1989 - Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 24) Scheme 1989.

S.I. No. 365 of 1989.

FOREIGN PARCEL POST AMENDMENT (No. 24) SCHEME 1989.

AN POST, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 70 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983), and with the consent of the Minister for Communications, hereby makes the following Scheme:

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 24) Scheme, 1989.

(2) This Scheme shall be operative with effect from the 1st day of January, 1990.

2. In this Scheme

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

"Scheme No. 21" means the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 21) Scheme, 1986 ( S.I. No. 94 of 1986 ).

3. The First Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 4 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 12) Warrant, 1977 ( S.I. No. 199 of 1977 )) of the entries in the First Schedule to this Scheme.

4. The Second Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of Scheme No. 21) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Scheme.

5. The Third Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 4 of Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 23) Scheme, 1989) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.

6. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 6 of Scheme No. 21) of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme.

7. The Schedule to the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 18) Warrant, 1983 ( S.I. No. 257 of 1983 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 7 of Scheme No. 21) of the entries in the Fifth Schedule to this Scheme.

8. Regulation 8 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 20) Scheme, 1985 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1985 ) is hereby deleted.

9. The following Regulation is hereby substituted for Regulation 10 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (no. 20) Scheme, 1985 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1985 ):

"10. (1) There shall be charged and paid upon Express Mail Packets the rates specified in the First Schedule to this Scheme.

(2) An Post shall determine from time to time in what destination zone a particular destination shall be included and it may proclaim such determination from time to time by public notice, advertisement or otherwise as it sees fit."

and the First Schedule to the said Scheme, as inserted by the First Schedule to the Foreign Parcel Amendment (No. 22) Scheme, 1986 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1986 ), shall be replaced by the Sixth Schedule to this Scheme, and the Second Schedule to the said Scheme is hereby deleted.

10. The First Schedule to the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 20) Scheme, 1985 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1985 ) is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 22) Scheme, 1986 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1986 )) of the entries in the Sixth Schedule to this Scheme.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Maximum Dimensions:

Length 1.50 metres, length and girth combined 3 metres (the girth to be measured round the thickest part).

Minimum Dimensions:

Length 140mm; width 99mm. In roll form, length and twice diameter, 170mm, greatest dimensions, not less than 100mm.

Maximum Weight ............................................................ ............................................................ .................... 25 kgs."

SECOND SCHEDULE

Maximum Postage:

Parcel (except an Air Mail Parcel or unbagged containerised parcel):	£100 for a parcel not exceeding 25 kg.
	Unbagged containerised parcel:
(a) containerised by An Post:	£3.50 per kg.
(b) containerised by customer:	(ii) £3.50 per kg on the total capacity of a 40 foot container, less £180.
	(ii) For a full 20 foot container:
	up to 2,500 kg— £3.75 per kg
	up to 3,000 kg— £3.65 per kg over 3,000 kg— £3.50 per kg
Air Mail Parcel:	£7 per 250g.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Customs Clearance Fee:
On each parcel from outside the European Community where duty is payable:	£1.20
Outgoing Express Delivery Fee:	£1.50
Advice of Delivery Fee on outgoing insured parcel:	34p

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Cash-on-Delivery Parcels:
Cash-on-Delivery Fee:	£2.60 on outgoing parcel.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Maximum Postage:
Surface airlifted parcel (except parcel bagged by customer):	£5.80 for a parcel not exceeding 1 kilogramme in weight together with £1.90 for each 500 grammes or fraction of 500 grammes in excess of 1 kilogramme.
Surface airlifted parcel bagged by customer:	£5.05 per kilogram.

SIXTH SCHEDULE

International EMS Service

(to places outside the State)

Rates available to every user of the service.

United Kingdom				Each Item
Weight not exceeding ½ kg:				£14.00
Each additional ½ kg or fraction thereof up to 5 kg:				£1.50
Each additional ½ kg or fraction thereof between 5 kg and 20 kg:				£1.00
Europe				Each Item
Weight not exceeding ½ kg:				£16.00
Each additional ½ kg or fraction thereof up to 5 kg:				£3.00
Each additional ½ kg or fraction thereof between 5 kg and 20 kg:				£2.00
Remainder of the World				Each Item
Weight not exceeding ½ kg:				£20.00
Each additional ½ kg or fraction thereof:	Zone A	Zone B	Zone C		Zone D
Up to 5 kg	£5.00	£6.00	£6.50		£7.00
Between 5 kg and 20 kg	£3.00	£4.00	£4.00		£5.00

GIVEN under the Common Seal of AN POST this 19th day of December 1989.

PRESENT when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto:

G. HARVEY

Director

J. TREACY

Secretary

An Post,

General Post Office,

Dublin 1.

I, RAY BURKE, Minister for Communications, hereby consent to the provisions of the foregoing Scheme.

RAY BURKE,

Minister for Communications.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 19th day of December, 1989.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This scheme applies to the Foreign Parcel Post Service and comes into operation on 1st January, 1990. It authorises increases in the maximum postage which may be charged on foreign parcels and in the fees charged for instance, customs clearance, cash-on-delivery, express delivery and advice of delivery. It also authorises increases in the maximum size and weight of parcels acceptable for transmission in the international service.