Foreign Post Amendment (No. 17) Warrant, 1977.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) This Warrant may be cited as the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 17) Warrant, 1977.
(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1977.
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paragraphs: In this Warrant
"the Principal Warrant" means the Foreign Post Warrant, 1974 ( S.I. No. 267 of 1949 );
"the Warrant of 1974" means the Foreign Post Warrant, 1974 ( S.I. No. 281 of 1974 );
"the Warrant of 1975" means the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 16) Warrant, 1975 ( S.I. No. 315 of 1975 ).
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paragraphs: The First Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 12 of the Warrant of 1975) of the entries in the First Schedule to this Warrant.
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paragraphs: The Second Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulations 13 of the Warrant of 1975) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Warrant.
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paragraphs: The Third Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 5 of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 14) Warrant, 1973 ( S.I. No. 154 of 1973 )) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Warrant.
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paragraphs: The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein (inserted by Regulation 14 of the Warrant of 1975) of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Warrant.
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paragraphs: Regulation 5 (1) of the Foreign Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant 1956 ( S.I. No. 148 of 1956 ) (inserted by Regulation 6 of the Warrant of 1974, as amended by Regulation 16 of the Warrant of 1975,) is hereby amended by the substitution for "35p" and "350p" of "40p" and "360p", respectively.
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paragraphs: The Foreign Post Amendment (No. 5) Warrant, 1957 ( S.I. No. 58 of 1957 ), is hereby amended by the substitution in Regulation 5 (inserted by Regulation 7 of the Warrant of 1974) of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (1) and (2) (inserted by Regulation 17 of the Warrant of 1975):
"(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this Regulation there shall be charged and paid on outgoing packets to which this Warrant applies the following rates of postage:
For a packet not exceeding 2 oz.............
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paragraphs: 5p
For a packet
exceeding 2 oz. but not exceeding 4 oz.........
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paragraphs: 5p
exceeding 4 oz. but not exceeding 8 oz.........
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paragraphs: 5p
exceeding 8 oz. but not exceeding 1 lb.........
17 p
exceeding 1 lb. but not exceeding 2 lb.........
34 p
exceeding 2 lb. but not exceeding 4 lb.........
51 p
For each extra 2 lb. or part thereof in excess of 4 lb....
28 p
(2) Where the Minister has made arrangements with the senders for the transmission of outgoing packets to which this Warrant applies in mail bags provided by the Minister, there shall be charged and paid on every mail bag containing such packets the following rates of postage:
(a) For every two pounds weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by surface means, 28p, and
(b) For every two pounds weight of the mail bag and its contents conveyed by air over all or part of the route, a rate not exceeding 348p."