S.I. No. 310/1981 - Money Order Amendment (No. 26) Regulations, 1981.

I, PATRICK COONEY, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 23 of the Post Office Act, 1908 , 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. 26) Regulations, 1981.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1981.

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, is hereby amended by the substitution of the following tables for Tables A, B and C (inserted by Regulation 5 of the Money Order Amendment (No. 25) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 119 of 1981 )) which set out the poundage payable in respect of money orders:

“	A						Poundage
In respect of inland money orders:
for an amount not exceeding £50.00					...	...	74p
for an amount exceeding £50 but not exceeding
£100.00	...	...	...	...	...	...	108p
	B
In respect of foreign money orders
for an amount not exceeding £25.00					...	...	86p
for an amount exceeding £25.00 but not exceeding
£50.00	...	...	...	...	...	...	180p
	C
In respect of supplementary services
for correcting or altering the name of the remitter or
payee	...	...	...	...	...	...	10p
for stopping payment			...	...	...	...	18p
for the issue of a duplicate money order (including
stopping payment of the original order)					...	...	36p
for the renewal of a void money order					...	...	36p
for an advice or certificate of payment of an inland
money order		...	...	...	...	...	8p
for an advice or certificate of payment of a foreign
money order		...	...	...	...	...	8p

6. Regulation 25 of the Principal Regulations, as amended by Regulation 6 of the Money Order Amendment (No. 25) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 119 of 1981 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of “a supplementary fee of three new pence” for “a supplementary fee of two new pence.”

7. Regulation 26 of the Principal Regulations (inserted by Regulation 7 of the Money Order Amendment (No. 25) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 119 of 1981 )) is hereby amended by the substitution of “twelve new pence” for “ten new pence.”

	GIVEN under my Hand, this 31st day of August, 1981.
	PATRICK COONEY.
	The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the provisions of the foregoing Warrant.

	JOHN BRUTON
	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 31st day of August, 1981.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This warrant applies to the Money Order service and comes into operation on the 1st September, 1981. It authorises increases in charges on inland and foreign money orders, telegraph money orders and in other miscellaneous charges.