S.I. No. 277/1968:

WARRANT entitled TELEGRAPH (INLAND WRITTEN TELEGRAM) AMENDMENT (No. 10) WARRANT, 1968.

WARRANT entitled TELEGRAPH (INLAND WRITTEN TELEGRAM) AMENDMENT (No. 10) WARRANT, 1968.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Telegraph Act, 1885, and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the regulations contained in the following Warrant:

1. (1) This Warrant may be cited as the Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Amendment (No. 10) Warrant, 1968.

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

2. In this Warrant--

" the 1955 Warrant " means the Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Amendment (No. 6) Warrant, 1955 ( S.I. No. 144 of 1955 );

" the 1964 Warrant " means the Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Amendment (No. 9) Warrant, 1964 ( S.I. No. 115 of 1964 ).

3. In Regulation 32 (2) of the Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Regulations, 1920, as amended by Regulation 13 of the 1955 Warrant, for the references to " 5. 0d " and "6. 0d " (inserted by Regulation 3 (iii) of the 1964 Warrant) there are hereby substituted references to " 6. 0d " and " 7. 0d " respectively.

4. In Regulation 6 of the Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Amendment (No. 1) Warrant, 1928 ( S. R. & O. No. 45 of 1928 ), as amended by Regulation 4 of the 1964 Warrant for " 9. 2d " and " 14. 2d " there are hereby substituted " 11. 0d " and " 16. 0d " respectively.

5. The 1955 Warrant shall be amended as follows:

( a ) in Regulation 4 (a) for " 5. 0d " (inserted by Regulation 5 (i) of the 1964 Warrant) there is hereby substituted " 6. 0d ";

( b ) in Regulation 4 (b) for " 5. 0d " and " 5d " (both inserted by Regulation 5 (ii) of the 1964 Warrant) there are hereby substituted " 6. 0d " and " 6d " respectively;

( c ) in Regulation 5 (a) for " 6. 0d " (inserted by Regulation 5 (iii) of the 1964 Warrant) there is hereby substituted " 7. 0d ";

( d ) in Regulation 5 (b) for " 6. 0d " and " 5d " (both inserted by Regulation 5 (iv) of the 1964 Warrant) there are hereby substituted " 7. 0d " and " 6d " respectively;

( e ) in Regulation 7 (1) (a) for " 5. 0d " (inserted by Regulation 5 (iv) of the 1964 Warrant) there is hereby substituted " 6. 0d ";

( f ) in Regulation 7 (1) (b) for " 6. 0d " (inserted by Regulation 5 (vii) of the 1964 Warrant) there is hereby substituted " 7. 0d ";

( g ) in Regulation 10 (a) for " 2. 6d " and " 15. 0d " (both inserted by Regulation 5 (x) of the 1964 Warrant) there are hereby substituted " 6. 0d " and " 16. 0d " respectively;

( h ) in Regulation 10 (b) for "6. 0d "and" 15. 0d" (both inserted by Regulation 2 of the Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Amendment (No. 8) Warrant, 1963 ( S.I. No. 179 of 1963 ) there are hereby substituted "7. 0d" and "16. 0d" respectively; and

( i ) in Regulation 16 for "5. 0d" in both places where that amount is mentioned (having been inserted by Regulation 5 (xi) of the 1964 Warrant) there is hereby substituted " 6. 0d ".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of December, 1968.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Warrant.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this

19th day of December, 1968.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The foregoing Instrument increases as from 1st January, 1969, certain internal telegraph charges and also telegraph charges to Great Britain and the Six Counties.