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

(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 )): 1. Ordinary Private Telegrams Destinations Rate per word 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 2. 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. 3. The rates for Letter Telegrams and Meteorological Telegrams (to destinations where these services are available) are half the rates for ordinary private telegrams. 4. Press Telegrams Destinations Rate per word Standard Rate Urgent Rate Europe and the Mediterranean Basin: (

1. i)Malta: 7p 13p (
2. 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: (
3. 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 (
4. 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 (
5. 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 (
6. ii)All other places: 13p 40p 5. Radiotelegrams Category Route/Destination Charge Ordinary, standard rate (
7. a)via Irish or British coast stations 24p (
8. 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 (
9. a)to Ships in Home Fleet 10p per word (
10. 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 Charge Notification of Transmission: (
11. a)via Irish coast station 115p (
12. b)via British coast station 133p Cancellation: (
13. a)Before message sent to coast station 15p (
14. b)After receipt at coast station and before message sent to ship: Coast station in Ireland ... ... ... ... 115p plus reply ... ... ... ... ... ... 115p Coast station in Britain ... ... ... ... 133p plus reply ... ... ... ... ... ... 133p Information about ships: per enquiry ... ... ... ... ... ... 15p Abbreviated telegraphic address for radiotelegrams from ships: Annual fee ... ... ... ... ... ... 38p Weather forecast: per enquiry ... ... ... ... ... ... 152p 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: (

1. a)Notice of Delivery. (
2. 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. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais