S.I. No. 299/1996:

FOREIGN PARCEL POST AMENDMENT (NO. 31 ) SCHEME, 1996

FOREIGN PARCEL POST AMENDMENT (NO. 31 ) SCHEME, 1996

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 Transport, Energy and Communications, hereby makes the following Scheme:

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 31) Scheme, 1996.

(2) This Scheme shall be operative from the 1st day of April, 1996.

2. In this Scheme–

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

"Scheme No. 30" means the Foreign Parcel Post Amendment (No. 30) Scheme, 1995 ( S.I. No. 101 of 1995 ).

3. The Second Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 3 of Scheme No. 30) of the entries in the First Schedule to this Scheme.

4. The Third Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 4 of Scheme No. 30) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Scheme.

5. Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant, is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 5 of Scheme No. 30) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Maximum Postage:

SECOND SCHEDULE

Customs Clearance Fee

On each parcel from outside the European Union where duty is payable:

A fee of 1% of the actual value of the parcel's contents subject to a minimum fee of £2. Actual value of contents to be assessed during Customs examination.

THIRD SCHEDULE

INSURANCE SERVICE

* The fees payable for Insurance Service are additional to normal Air or Surface parcel postage.

Given under the Common Seal of AN POST this 28th day of March 1996.

PRESENT when the Common Seal

of AN POST was affixed hereto:

John Hynes

Director

Harry Cooke

Secretary

I, Michael Lowry, Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, hereby consent to the provisions of the foregoing Scheme.

MICHAEL LOWRY

Given under my Official Seal, this 29th day of March, 1996.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Scheme applies to the Foreign Parcel Post Service and shall be operative from the 1st day of April, 1996. It authorises increases in the fees which may be charged for parcels being sent to destinations outside Ireland. It also authorises increases in the fees which may be charged for the Insurance Service.