Department of Posts and Telegraphs. The Foreign Parcel Post Warrant, 1953.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: —(1) This Warrant may be cited as the Foreign Parcel Post Warrant, 1953.
(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 18th day of May, 1953.
2 Application of Interpretation Act, 1937 .
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Warrant.
3 Definitions.
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paragraphs: In this Warrant—
" The Minister "
(1) The expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.
" United Kingdom "
(2) The expression " United Kingdom " means Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
" Parcel "
(3) The expression " parcel " means a postal packet which is posted as a parcel in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant or any Warrant amending the same.
" Air Mail Parcel "
(4) The expression " Air Mail Parcel " means an outgoing parcel conveyed or intended to be conveyed at the request of the sender through any part of its course in the post by an Air Mail service.
" Cash-on-delivery parcel "
(5) The expression " Cash-on-delivery parcel " means a parcel upon which the Minister is requested to collect a sum of money (in this Warrant referred to as a " Trade Charge ") from the addressee for remission to the sender or to a person nominated by the latter and upon which the sender has paid the fees for Cash-on-delivery service.
" Bullion "
(6) The expression " bullion " means uncoined and unmanufactured gold or silver.
" Coin "
(7) The expression " coin " means coin of all kinds, whether or not current within the State or elsewhere, except such as is used or designed for purposes of ornament.
" Jewellery "
(8) The expression " jewellery " means—
(a) gold, silver or platinum in a manufactured state, that is to say, a state in which value is added to the raw material by skilled workmanship ; and in this definition are included coins used or designed for purposes of ornament ;
(b) diamonds and precious stones ;
(c) watches entirely or mainly composed of gold, silver or platinum ; and
(d) any article of a like nature which, apart from workmanship, has an intrinsic or marketable value.
" Prescribed "
(9) The expression " prescribed " means prescribed by the Minister.
(10) Expressions used in Regulations for the time being relating to the Inland Post or the Foreign Post (except parcels) shall, where the context so requires or permits, have the same meaning in this Warrant.
4 Application of this Warrant.
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paragraphs: The provisions of this Warrant shall be deemed to apply exclusively to parcels transmitted by post between a Post Office in the State and any other country (not being the United Kingdom).
5 Prohibitions.
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paragraphs: There shall not be posted or conveyed or delivered by post any parcel :—
(1) consisting of or containing any obscene or indecent print, painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving, cinematograph, film, book, card, or written communication, or any other indecent or obscene article, whether similar to the above or not, or any book or periodical the importation, sale or distribution of which is for the time being prohibited under any legislation for the time being in force, or
(2) having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, marks, or designs which are grossly offensive or of an indecent or obscene character, or
Explosive and dangerous or noxious substances.
(3) consisting of or containing—
(a) any explosive substance,
(b) any dangerous substance,
(c) any filth,
(d) any noxious or deleterious substance,
(e) any sharp instrument not properly protected,
(f) any living animals, except—
(i) bees, leeches and silkworms;
(ii) parasites, and destroyers of noxious insects intended for the restraint of those insects, and exchanged between institutions officially recognised,
(g) any article or thing whatever which is likely to injure any other postal packet in course of conveyance or any receptacle in which the same is conveyed or an officer of the Post Office or other person who may deal with such packet, or
Contraband, etc.
(4) containing—
(a) any article which by the laws of the country or place in which the parcel is posted or to which the parcel is addressed it is unlawful to send by post,
(b) gold bullion and coin of gold or silver exceeding £5 in value,
(c) any letter or other document in the nature of a current personal communication.
Fictitious or used stamps.
(5) containing or bearing any fictitious postage stamp or any counterfeit impression of a stamping machine used under the direction or by the permission of the Minister ; or
(6) purporting to be prepaid with any stamp or impression of a stamping machine which has been previously used to prepay any Revenue duty or tax ; or
Unauthorised marks, designs, etc.
(7) having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, letters, or marks (used without due authority) which signify or imply, or may reasonably lead the recipient thereof to believe, that the parcel is sent on the service of the State ; or
(8) having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, marks, or designs of a character likely in the opinion of the Minister to embarrass the officers of the Post Office in dealing with the parcel ; or
(9) having anything written, printed, or otherwise impressed upon or attached to any part of that side of the parcel which contains the address at which the parcel is to be delivered which, either by tending to prevent the easy and quick reading of the address of the parcel by inconvenient proximity to the stamp or stamps used in the payment of postage, or in any other way, is in itself, or in the manner in which it is written, printed, impressed, or attached, likely in the opinion of the Minister to embarrass the officers of the Post Office, in dealing with such parcel ; or
(10) of such form or so made up for transmission by post as to be likely, in the opinion of the Minister, to embarrass the officers of the Post Office in dealing with the parcel in the post ; or
(11) having anything written, printed, or otherwise impressed across the postage stamp thereon ; or
(12) consisting of or containing two or more postal packets (of the same or of different descriptions) addressed to different persons who are at different addresses.
In this Regulation the expression "consisting of or containing two or more postal packets" includes a postal packet containing postal packets or postal forms with addresses different from the address borne by the outer packet.
6 Maximum dimensions and weight.
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paragraphs: Except by permission of the Minister, there shall not be forwarded, conveyed or delivered by post any parcel the dimensions or weight of which exceed the maximum dimensions or maximum weight specified in the First Schedule hereto.
7 Prepayment of postage.
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paragraphs: Subject to the provisions of this Warrant, the postage payable on every outgoing parcel shall be prepaid.
8 Rates of postage.
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paragraphs: —(1) There shall be charged and paid on every outgoing parcel (except an air mail parcel) the appropriate postage prescribed in respect thereof subject to the maximum postage specified in the Second Schedule hereto.