S.I. No. 67/1982 - Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

S.I. No. 67 of 1982.

TELEGRAPH (FOREIGN WRITTEN TELEGRAM) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

I, JOHN P. WILSON, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Telegraph Act, 1885, hereby make, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) (Amendment) Regulations, 1982.

(2) The Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980 and 1981 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980 to 1982.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1982.

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

4. The Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 198 of 1980 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following for the entries in the Schedule thereto (inserted by Regulation 4 of the Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) (Amendment (No. 2) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 297 of 1981 )):

1. Ordinary Private Telegrams	Rate Per Word
	Standard Rate	Urgent Rate
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Azores, Balearic Is., Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt (Arab Rep.), Faroe Is., Finland, France, Germany (Dem. Rep.), Germany (Fed. Rep.), Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Libya, Luxembourg, Maderia, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, San Marino, Spain, Spanish Possessions in North Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, U.S.S.R., Vatican City and Yugoslavia.	35p	70p
Antigua, Antilles (Netherlands), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Carriacou, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica Island, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Pierre and Miquelon, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad, Turks Island, U.S.A. (including Alaska and Hawaii Islands) and Virgin Islands (U.S.A)	45p	90p
All other places	60p	120p

2. The rates for Government Telegrams, Service Telegrams, Telegrams relating to the safety of life (S.V.H], Telegrams relative to the application of the United Nations Charter and Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war by the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949 (RCT) (to places where these services are available) are the same as for ordinary private telegrams.

3. The rates for Letter Telegrams and Meteorological Telegrams (to destinations where these services are available) are half the rates for ordinary private telegrams.

4. Press Telegrams
Destinations	Rate Per Word
	Standard Rate	Urgent Rate
Europe and Mediterranean Basin
(i) Malta	10p	20p
(ii) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Azores, Balearic Is., Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Libya, Maderia, Monaco, Morocco, Poland, Roumania, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, U.S.S.R., Vatican City:	18p	35p
North America and Caribbean
(i) Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Carriacou, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Island, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad and Turks Island:	10p	24p
(ii) Antilles (Netherlands), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Pierre and Miquelon, U.S.A. (including Alaska and Hawaii Islands) and Virgin Islands (U.S.A.):	15p	45p
Rest of World
(i) Ascension, Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brunei, Chatham Islands, Cocos-Keeling Islands, Cook (Hervey) Islands, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Nauru, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norfolk Islands, Papua, Rodriguez Islands, St. Helena, Sabah, Samoa (Western), Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Willis Islands, Zambia and Zimbabwe:	10p	30p
(ii) All Other places:	20p	60p

5. Radiotelegrams
Category	Route/Destination	Charge
Ordinary, standard rate	(a) via Irish coast stations	38p per word
	(b) via other coast stations	38p per word (plus cost of a telegram to the country in which the coast station is located at the standard rate)
Ordinary, urgent rate	Available only to coast stations in countries accepting urgent telegrams	38p per word (plus cost of telegram to country in which coast station is located at urgent rate)
Press, standard rate	via Irish or British Coast Stations	19p per word
Inmarstat, standard rate	via satellite	60p per word
Ships Letter Telegram	via Irish coast Stations only	10p per word

6. Miscellaneous Radiomaritime Services
Description	Charge
Notification of Transmission:
( a ) via Irish coast station .. .. ..	170p
( b ) via British coast station .. .. ..	200p
Cancellation:
( a ) Before message sent to coast station ..	20p
( b ) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:
Coast Station in Ireland .. .. ..	170p
plus reply .. .. .. .. ..	170p
Coast Station in Britain .. .. ..	200p
plus reply .. .. .. .. ..	200p
Information about ships:
per enquiry .. .. .. .. .. ..	15p
Abbreviated telegraphic address:
Annual fee .. .. .. .. .. ..	500p
Weather Forecast:
per enquiry .. .. .. .. .. .. .	152p
Position (QTG) enquiry from ships .. .. ..	150p

7. Miscellaneous other Services

(1) Services indications are charged for as one word at the appropriate rate for the category of telegram concerned.

(2) A supplementary charge as for seven words at the appropriate rate for the category of telegram concerned is made for a reply in the case of the following services:

( a ) Notice of Delivery

( b ) Cancellation of a Telegram.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of March, 1982.

JOHN P. WILSON.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 19th day of March, 1982.

RAY MACSHARRY.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for increases in charges of 50% approximately.