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S.I. No. 297/1981 - Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1981

Type Statutory Instrument

Publication 1981-08-24

State In force

Text As published

Source Irish Statute Book

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I, PATRICK COONEY, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 of the Telegraph Act, 1885, hereby make, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the following Regulations:

1.

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1981.

(2) The collective citation “the Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980 and 1981”, shall include these Regulations.

2.

These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1981.

3.

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

4.

The Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980 ( S.I. No. 198 of 1980 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following for the entries in the Schedule thereto (inserted by Regulation 4 of the Telegram (Foreign Written Telegram) (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 ( S.I. No. 108 of 1981 )):

Ordinary Private Telegrams


Destinations	Rate per word	Rate per word
Destinations	Standard Rate	Urgent Rate
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Azores, Balearic Is., Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt (Arab Rep.), Faroe Is., Finland, France, Germany (Dem. Rep.), Germany (Fed. Rep.), Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Libya, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rou-mania, San Marino, Spain, Spanish Possessions in North Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, U.S.S.R., Vatican City and Yugoslavia:	23p	46p
Antigua, Antilles (Netherlands), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Carriacou, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica Island, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montser- rat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Pierre and Miquelon, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad, Turks Island, U.S.A. (including Alaska and Hawaii Islands) and Virgin Islands (U.S.A.):	30p	60p
All other places:	40p	80p

The rates for Government Telegrams, Service Telegrams, Telegrams relating to the safety of life (S.V.H.), Telegrams relative to the application of the United Nations Charter and Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war by the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949 (RCT) (to places where these services are available) are the same as for ordinary private telegrams.

The rates for Letter Telegrams and Meteorological Telegrams (to destinations where these services are available) are half the rates for ordinary private telegrams.

Press Telegrams


Destinations	Rate per word	Rate per word
Destinations	Standard Rate	Urgent Rate
Europe and the Mediterranean Basin:
(i) Malta:	7p	13p
(ii) Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Azores, Bal- earic Is., Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Libya, Madeira, Monaco, Morocco, Poland, Rou- mania, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR, Vatican City:	12p	23p
North America and Caribbean:
(i) Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Carriacou, Cayman Islands, Dominica Island, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad and Turks Island:	7p	16p
(ii) Antilles (Netherlands), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Pierre and Miquelon, U.S.A. (including Alaska and Hawaii Islands) and Virgin Islands (U.S.A.):	10p	30p
Rest of World
(i) Ascension, Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brunei, Chatham Islands, Cocos-Keeling Islands, Cook (Hervey) Island, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Nauru, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norfolk Islands, Papua, Rodriguez Islands, St. Helena, Sabah, Samoa (Western), Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Willis Islands, Zambia and Zimbabwe:	7p	22p
(ii) All other places:	13p	40p

5.

Radiotelegrams


Category	Route/Destination	Charge
Ordinary, standard rate	(a) via Irish or British coast stations	24p
	(b) via other coast stations	24p per word (plus cost of a telegram to the country in which the coast station is located at the standard rate)
Ordinary, urgent rate	Available only to coast stations in countries accepting urgent telegrams	24p per word (plus cost of telegram to country in which coast station is located at urgent rate)
Ordinary, reduced rate	via Irish Coast Stations only	15p per word
Press, standard rate	via Irish or British Coast Stations	13p per word
Press, reduced rate	via Irish Coast Stations only	7p per word
Warships, standard rate	(a) to Ships in Home Fleet	10p per word
	(b) to Ships serving abroad	15p per word
Marisat, standard rate	via satellite (Marisat)	58p per word
Ships Letter Telegram	via Irish Coast Stations only	5p per word

6.

Miscellaneous Radiomaritime Services


Description	Description	Description	Description	Description	Description	Description	Charge
Notification of Transmission:	Notification of Transmission:	Notification of Transmission:	Notification of Transmission:	Notification of Transmission:	Notification of Transmission:	Notification of Transmission:
(a) via Irish coast station	(a) via Irish coast station	(a) via Irish coast station	(a) via Irish coast station	(a) via Irish coast station	(a) via Irish coast station	(a) via Irish coast station	115p
(b) via British coast station	(b) via British coast station	(b) via British coast station	(b) via British coast station	(b) via British coast station	(b) via British coast station	(b) via British coast station	133p
Cancellation:	Cancellation:
(a) Before message sent to coast station	(a) Before message sent to coast station	(a) Before message sent to coast station	(a) Before message sent to coast station	(a) Before message sent to coast station	(a) Before message sent to coast station	(a) Before message sent to coast station	15p
(b) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:	(b) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:	(b) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:	(b) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:	(b) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:	(b) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:	(b) After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship:
Coast station in Ireland	Coast station in Ireland	Coast station in Ireland	...	...	...	...	115p
plus reply	...	...	...	...	...	...	115p
Coast station in Britain	Coast station in Britain	Coast station in Britain	...	...	...	...	133p
plus reply	...	...	...	...	...	...	133p
Information about ships:	Information about ships:
per enquiry	...	...	...	...	...	...	15p
Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships:	Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships:	Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships:	Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships:	Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships:	Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships:	Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships:
Annual fee	...	...	...	...	...	...	38p
Weather forecast:
per enquiry	...	...	...	...	...	...	152p
Position (QTG) enquiry from ships	Position (QTG) enquiry from ships	Position (QTG) enquiry from ships					75p

7.

Miscellaneous other services

(1) Services indications are charged for as one word at the appropriate rate for the category of telegram concerned.

(2) A supplementary charge as for seven words at the appropriate rate for the category of telegram concerned is made for a reply in the case of the following services:

(a) Notice of Delivery.

(b) Cancellation of a Telegram.


	GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 24th day of August, 1981.
	PATRICK COONEY,

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.


	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 24th day of August, 1981.
	JOHN BRUTON.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for increases in charges of 5% approximately.

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