S.I. No. 311/1981 - Newspapers (Special Service For Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Amendment (No. 8) Warrant, 1981.

I, PATRICK COONEY, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2 , 3 and 6 of the Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1969 , (No. 18 of 1969), and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby order as follows:—

1. (1) This Warrant may be cited as the Newspapers (Special Service for Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Amendment (No. 8) Warrant, 1981.

(2) This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1981.

2. The Schedule to the Newspapers (Special Service for Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Warrant, 1957 ( S.I. No. 37 of 1957 ), as amended by the Newspapers (Special Service for Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Amendment (No. 7) Warrant, 1981 ( S.I. No. 121 of 1981 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein of the entries in the Schedule to this Warrant.

SCHEDULE

“
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-
agent are bundles each not exceeding 1.5 kg. in
weight	...	...	...	...	...	£26 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-
agent are bundles each exceeding 1.5 kg. and not
exceeding 3 kg. in weight			...	...	...	£40 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-
agent are bundles each exceeding 3 kg. and not
exceeding 5 kg. in weight			...	...	...	£53 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-
agent are bundles each exceeding 5 kg. and not
exceeding 7 kg. in weight			...	...	...	£72 per annum
In case the newspaper bundles sent to the news-
agent are bundles each exceeding 7 kg. and not
exceeding 10 kg. in weight						£86 per annum

”

	GIVEN under my Hand, this 31st day of August, 1981.
	PATRICK COONEY.
	The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the provisions of the foregoing Warrant.

	JOHN BRUTON
	Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 31st day of August, 1981.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Warrant comes into operation on the 1st September, 1981. It authorises an increase in the charges for the conveyance by Post Office mail vans on rural services of bundles of newly-published daily newspapers.