S.I. No. 125/1964 - Money Order Amendment (No. 17) Regulations, 1964.

S.I. No. 125 of 1964.

MONEY ORDER AMENDMENT (No. 17) REGULATIONS, 1964.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Finance, on the representation of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs as testified by his Official Seal affixed hereto, and in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 23 and 82 of the Post Office Act, 1908, hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Money Order Amendment (No. 17) Regulations, 1964.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1964.

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

4. These Regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Money Order Regulations, 1903 (hereinafter called " the Principal Regulations"), and all Regulations amending the Principal Regulations.

5. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution for Table A (inserted by the Money Order Amendment (No. 16) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1960 ), and which sets out the poundage payable in respect of inland money orders) of paragraph (1) of Regulation 18 of the following table :

" A

In respect of inland money orders :
	Poundage
for an amount not exceeding £25	2s.
for an amount exceeding £25 but not exceeding £50	2s.	6d.
for an amount exceeding £50 but not exceeding £75	2s.	9d.
for an amount exceeding £75 but not exceeding £100	3s.	"

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of May, 1964.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN.

The Official Seal of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs affixed this 27th day of May, 1964.

MICHAEL HILLIARD.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

By this Instrument, which comes into operation on 1st June, 1964, the charges on inland money orders are amended as follows :—

Present Charges				New Charges
Amount		Charge		Amount		Charge
Not over £10		1s.		Not over £25		2s.
Over £10 but not over £20		1s.	3d.	Over £25 but not over £50		2s.	6d.
	" £20 " " " £30	1s.	6d.	*{	" £50 """ £75	2s.	9d.
	" £30 " " " £50	2s.		" £75 """ £100	3s.
*{	" £50 " " " £75	2s.	6d.
" £75 " " " £100	3s.
				*Payable within the State only.