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89.—(1) The company may, with the consent of the Minister and subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister may approve, grant, on the application of any person, a licence to the person to provide a telecommunications service within the exclusive privilege granted to the company by section 87 .

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(2)Where the company refuses to grant a licence under subsection (1) the applicant may appeal to the Minister against the refusal.
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(3)The Minister may, as he sees fit, appoint an advisory committee or advisers to advise him in relation to appeals under this section.
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(4)(a) The Minister may by order grant a licence on an appeal under this section if in his opinion the grant of the licence is in the public interest and is consistent with the reasons given in section 87
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(2)for the grant of the exclusive privilege to the company. (b) The Minister may by order revoke an order under paragraph (a) and if such an order is revoked or is annulled under section 3 , the licence granted by the order shall stand revoked.
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Charges and other terms applicable to services.

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90.—(1) Subject to this Act the company may make, as respects any of the telecommunications services provided by it, a scheme providing for— (a) either or both of the following— (i) all charges which (save in so far as may otherwise be agreed between the company and a person availing himself of any such service) are to be made by it, (ii) the other terms and conditions which (save as aforesaid) are to be applicable to those services, (b) the prohibition of transmission of objectionable matter.

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(2)The company shall not increase any charge under a scheme under this section without the concurrence of the Minister.
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(3)A scheme made under this section may revoke or amend any previous scheme made under this section and any regulations to which section 92 relates.
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(4)A scheme under this section shall come into operation on such day as is specified therein.
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(5)Every scheme under this section shall be published as soon as may be.
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Evidence as to sum due for telecommunications services.

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91.—(1) A certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the company that a specified sum is due to the company from a specified person for any subscription, fee, charge, expense, damage or loss in respect of any service provided by the company in the exercise of a function assigned to it under this Act shall, without proof, be prima facie evidence in any proceedings by or against the specified person, his personal representatives or successors in title.

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(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) the reference to a sum due to the company shall include a sum originally due to the Minister under the regulations referred to in section 92
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(1)which is due to the company on the vesting day.
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Transitional provisions as to regulations under Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953.

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92.—(1) Regulations in force immediately before the vesting day under the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953, and not revoked by a scheme under section 90 or by any provision of this Act shall, with the substitution for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs of references to the company, unless otherwise provided in the Third or Fourth Schedule , have effect on and after the vesting day as if they were provisions of schemes made under section 90 .

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(2)A certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of the company that charges fixed by the Minister under regulations to which subsection (1) relates applied on a specified date shall be prima facie evidence of the matters so certified.
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(3)(a) If an agreement or licence in force immediately before the vesting day contains a reference to a provision in any regulations to which subsection (1) relates and that provision is revoked under section 90 during the currency of the agreement or licence, the reference shall be taken as referring to the corresponding provision (if any) of a scheme under that section. (b) Any reference in any such agreement or licence to a provision in a regulation relating to limitation of liability shall continue to be read as if that provision were still in force.
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Transfer to the company of deposits paid to the Minister for telephone and telex charges.

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93.—Any sum of money paid to the Minister before the vesting day as security for payment of any charge due in respect of telecommunications services which is not repaid before the vesting day shall be transferred by the Minister to the company as soon as may be after the vesting day.

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Continuance of proceedings for settlement of disputes.

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94.—All proceedings in the nature of arbitration for the settlement of disputes and differences or the recovery of expenses under the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953, which are pending on the vesting day and to which the Minister is a party shall be continued with the substitution for the Minister of the company.

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Precabling of housing and industrial estates.

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95.—(1) The Minister, after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, may make regulations requiring persons engaged in the provision of housing and industrial estates and other building developments (including developments by local authorities) to provide such facilities as would enable telecommunications services to be provided in those buildings in the most expeditious and efficient manner.

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(2)The regulations may specify the categories of development to which the regulations are to apply by reference to size, location and other relevant matters.
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(3)The regulations may specify the types of facilities to be supplied or works to be carried out and may set out the conditions to be observed in the provision or construction of those facilities.
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(4)The regulations may specify the rules and procedures for the inspection and certification by the company of such facilities and works.
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(5)The regulations may specify any other relevant matters which the Minister considers to be desirable or necessary.
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Control of telecommunications services.

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96.—The company may— (a) determine the duration of any telephone or telex call, (b) suspend or interrupt a telecommunications service or refuse to implement or terminate an agreement with a subscriber to such a service or with an applicant for such a service where the subscriber or applicant fails to comply with or contravenes a scheme under section 90 or any provision of this Act, (c) require security for and advance payment in respect of charges for telephone, telex, telegram or other services provided or to be provided by the company, (d) prohibit transmission of objectionable messages, (e) disconnect telephone or telex calls or exchange lines or telex installations or alter exchange lines for technical reasons or recover exchange lines.

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Irish Telecommunications Investments Limited.

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97.—(1) The shares in Irish Telecommunications Investments Limited held immediately before the vesting day by nominees of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, respectively, shall on that day stand transferred to such persons (one of whom may be the telecommunications company) as are nominated in that behalf by the telecommunications company with the concurrence of the said Ministers and shall be held by such persons in trust for the company.

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(2)The memorandum of association and articles of association of Irish Telecommunications Investments Limited shall be appropriately amended with effect on the vesting day, with the concurrence of the said Ministers, to take account of the transfer effected by subsection (1).
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Prohibition on interception of telecommunications messages.

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98.—(1) A person who— (a) intercepts or attempts to intercept, or (b) authorises, suffers or permits another person to intercept, or (c) does anything that will enable him or another person to intercept, telecommunications messages being transmitted by the company or who discloses the existence, substance or purport of any such message which has been intercepted or uses for any purpose any information obtained from any such message shall be guilty of an offence.

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(2)Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person who is acting— (a) (i) for the purpose of an investigation by a member of the Garda Síochána of a suspected offence under section 13 of the Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1951 (which refers to telecommunications messages of an obscene, menacing or similar character) on the complaint of a person claiming to have received such a message, or (ii) in pursuance of a direction issued by the Minister under section 110 , or (iii) under other lawful authority, or (b) in the course of and to the extent required by his operating duties or duties for or in connection with the installation or maintenance of a line, apparatus or equipment for the transmission of telecommunications messages by the company.
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(3)(a) The company may, with the consent of the Minister, make regulations to carry out the intentions of this section in so far as concerns members of its staff. (b) The Minister, after consultation with the company, may direct the company to make regulations under paragraph (a) or to amend or revoke regulations made under that paragraph and the company shall comply with that direction. (c) A person who contravenes any regulation under this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4)(a) The Minister may make regulations prohibiting the provision or operation of overhearing facilities in relation to any apparatus (including private branch telephone exchanges) connected to the network of the company otherwise than in accordance with such conditions as he considers to be reasonable and prescribes in the regulations. (b) A person who contravenes any regulation under this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.
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(5)In this section, “interception” means listening to, or recording by any means, or acquiring the substance or purport of, any telecommunications message without the agreement of the person on whose behalf that message is transmitted by the company and of the person intended by him to receive that message.
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Fraudulent use of telecommunications system.

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99.—(1) A person who wilfully causes the company to suffer loss in respect of any rental, fee or charge properly payable for the use of the telecommunications system or any part of the system or who by any false statement or misrepresentation or otherwise with intent to defraud avoids or attempts to avoid payment of any such rental, fee or charge shall be guilty of an offence.

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(2)A person who connects or causes to be connected any apparatus or device to, or places or causes to be placed any apparatus or device in association or conjunction with, the telecommunications system operated by the company or any part of the system the effect of which might result in the provision by the company of a service to any person without payment of the appropriate rental, fee or charge shall be guilty of an offence.
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Repayment of certain advances under Telecommunications Capital Acts, 1924 to 1981.

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100.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in the Telecommunications Capital Acts, 1924 to 1981, the company shall become liable on the vesting day to pay to the Minister for Finance the amount by which sums issued by him under those Acts which have not been repaid before that day exceed the sum of £355,000,000 plus the amount of the outstanding liability of the Minister to Irish Telecommunications Investments Limited immediately before the vesting day, together with the interest on that amount at such rate or rates as he, after consultation with the Minister and the company, may appoint.

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(2)The company shall pay to the Minister for Finance the moneys due under subsection (1) at such times and in such instalments as he, after consultation with the Minister and the company, may appoint.
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(3)(a) If the company fails to make a payment as required under subsection (2), the company shall remain liable to the Minister for Finance in respect of the unpaid amount and interest on the unpaid amount at such rate or rates as he may appoint shall become payable immediately by the company. (b) Interest due under paragraph (a) together with the unpaid amount shall be a debt due to the Minister for Finance and, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, shall be recoverable by him as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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(4)All moneys paid by the company to the Minister for Finance under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as he may direct.
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Transitional financial provisions.

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101.—(1) The company shall pay to or in respect of every member of the staff of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs transferred to the service of the company any amount due to or in respect of that member in respect of service with the Department and unpaid on the vesting day and the company shall, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, be reimbursed by the Minister.

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(2)The Minister shall, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, pay to the company an amount equal to advance payments received by him in respect of telecommunications services to be provided by the company.
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(3)The company shall pay to the Minister an amount equal to sums collected by it on or after the vesting day in respect of services provided by the Minister before the vesting day in respect of functions assigned by this Act to the company.
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(4)All sums required to be paid under this section shall become due and payable on such date as the Minister, in consultation with the company and with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, may determine.
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(5)The company shall supply the Minister with such information, records and documents as the Minister may require for the purposes of this section and the Minister and his officers shall have the right to inspect and take copies of all relevant records and documents of the company.
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(6)In the event of a disagreement as to any amount to be paid by the company to the Minister or by the Minister to the company under this section the decision of the Minister, given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall be final.
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PART VI

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Post Office Savings Bank and other Savings Services Definitions.

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102.—In this Part— “company” means the postal company; “Savings Bank” means the Post Office Savings Bank established under the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958.

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Post Office Savings Bank.

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103.—(1) The company may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance given after consultation with the Minister, make regulations for the control and operation of the Savings Bank pursuant to the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958, and this Act.

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(2)Regulations in force immediately before the vesting day under the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958, in relation to the operation of the Savings Bank including regulations to which subsection (4) relates, shall continue in force and shall, with the substitution for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or the Postmaster General and his Department or officers, of references to the company and its officers, respectively, unless otherwise provided in the Third or Fourth Schedule , have effect on and after the vesting day as if they were regulations made under subsection (1) and may be amended or revoked by regulations under this section.
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(3)The Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister and the company, may direct the company to make regulations under subsection (1) or to amend or revoke regulations made under that subsection or continued in force under subsection (2) and the company shall comply with that direction.
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(4)Regulations made before the commencement of this section by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance in purported exercise of powers conferred by the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958, or any of those Acts shall be deemed to be and always to have been valid notwithstanding that they may not have been made in the manner authorised by those Acts.
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Savings Bank business.

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104.—(1) The company may— (a) appoint such of its offices as it may specify to be Savings Bank offices, (b) authorise any of its officers to transact Savings Bank business otherwise than at a Savings Bank office, (c) direct when Savings Bank business shall be transacted, (d) require the surrender and cancellation of a deposit book and issue a replacement, (e) pay any sum in respect of any amount on deposit in the Savings Bank without production of a deposit book if it is satisfied that the claimant is entitled to the payment, and (f) at its absolute discretion accept or refuse any nomination.

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(2)(a) A warrant issued by the company in accordance with regulations to which section 103 relates shall be a valid discharge to the company in respect of the amount to which the warrant applies. (b) The transfer of an account made by the company in accordance with such regulations shall operate as a valid discharge by the transferor to the company in respect of the amount of the transfer.
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(3)(a) Notwithstanding anything in the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958, the Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister, the company and the Central Bank, may authorise the company to undertake any business of banking which is, in the opinion of the Minister for Finance, calculated to encourage thrift and within the financial capacity of the Savings Bank. (b) The Minister for Finance, after consultation with the Minister, the company and the Central Bank, may by order make such provision concerning the application of any enactment to that business as he, after consultation as aforesaid and with any other appropriate Minister, considers necessary or desirable. (c) The Minister for Finance, after consultation as aforesaid, may by order amend or revoke an order made under paragraph (b).
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Limitation of liability.

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105.—In respect of any loss, damage or injury suffered by any person arising out of any payment made or action taken in accordance with the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958, or this Act or regulations thereunder— (a) the company shall be immune from all liability except for money lawfully due to him by the company, and (b) the officers and servants of the company shall be immune from civil liability except at the suit of the company.

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Post Office Savings Bank cheques, warrants and other documents.

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106.—(1) Every cheque, warrant, order, power of attorney or other document executed by the company in relation solely to the business of the Savings Bank shall be exempt from stamp duty.

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(2)Declarations, deposit books, acknowledgements, notices of withdrawal, warrants and all documents and correspondence relating to the business of the Savings Bank and passing between the company and any person within the State or from the company to any depositor with the Savings Bank outside the State may be transmitted free of any charge for postage.
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(3)The company shall be entitled to be recouped out of the Savings Bank's funds for the loss of postage which it incurs by reason of subsection (2).
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Non-disclosure of information relating to deposits.

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Section 4

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of the Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1861 (which restricts the disclosure of information relating to deposits) shall not apply to the disclosure of information required for the purpose of proceedings in respect of an offence.

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Disputes before Registrar of Friendly Societies.

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108.—(1) Where, on the vesting day, proceedings are pending on any reference to the Registrar of Friendly Societies in respect of a dispute relating to an account in the Savings Bank, the proceedings shall continue with the substitution of the company for the Minister as a party to the reference.

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(2)Where, on the vesting day, proceedings are pending before the Registrar of Friendly Societies under section 30
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(3)of the Finance Act, 1940 , on a reference relating to a savings certificate, the proceedings shall continue with the substitution of the company for the Minister as a party to the reference.
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Recoupment of company for cost of managing savings services.

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109.—(1) (a) An appropriate sum shall be paid to the company in respect of work done by the company in the exercise of powers conferred on it by this Part as follows— (i) from the moneys of the Savings Bank for work done in respect of the Savings Bank, and (ii) from the Exchequer for work done in respect of other Government savings services. (b) The appropriate sum payable to the company, the manner in which and the intervals at which it is to be paid shall be decided by the company with the consent of the Minister for Finance.

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(2)(a) The company shall pay to the Minister for Finance promptly the amounts received by the company for deposit in the Savings Bank or in other Government savings services. (b) The manner of payment and the periods for which payments are to be made shall be determined by the said Minister after consultation with the company.
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(3)The company shall furnish such information as the Minister for Finance may require for the purposes of this section.
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PART VII

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Functions of Minister for Posts and Telegraphs General ministerial powers in relation to postal and telecommunications services.

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110.—(1) The Minister may issue directions in writing to either company requiring the company— (a) to comply with policy decisions of a general kind made by the Government concerning the development of the postal or telecommunications services of which he may advise the company from time to time, (b) to do (or refrain from doing) anything which he may specify from time to time as necessary in the national interest or to enable the Government or the State to become a member of an international organisation or a party to an international agreement or to discharge its obligations as a member of an international organisation or as a party to an international agreement, (c) to perform such work or provide or maintain such services for a State authority as may be specified in the direction.

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(2)Any direction under this section to a company to perform work or provide or maintain services which involves the payment of moneys by the Exchequer shall be given only with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
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(3)A company shall comply with every direction given to it under this section.
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(4)(a) A direction to either company under this section except a direction which relates to any international organisation or agreement or to public order or security shall, if the company so requests in writing, be given by the Minister by order. (b) Such an order shall remain in force for a specified period of not more than twelve months unless extended or revoked by order of the Minister.
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(5)The Minister may stipulate, in consultation with either company and with the consent of the Minister for Finance, financial targets (including payment of dividends in respect of shares in the company) to be achieved by the company.
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Grant of licences for the provision of postal and telecommunications services.

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111.—(1) (a) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, by order provide for the grant of a licence by the Minister, subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister may think fit to impose, to any person to provide a postal service or a telecommunications service of a class or description specified in the order to which an exclusive privilege granted to the either company under this Act relates— (i) after consultation with the appropriate company, and (ii) if in his opinion the grant of the licence is in the public interest and is consistent with the reasons given in section 63

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(2)or section 87
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(2), as appropriate, for the grant of the exclusive privilege to the company, and may, with the like consent, revoke any such order. (b) If an order made under paragraph (a) is annulled under section 3 or is revoked a licence granted under that order shall stand revoked.
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(2)The Minister may after consultation with the telecommunications company grant a licence to any person to provide a telecommunications service of a kind not within the exclusive privilege granted to the telecommunications company (not being a service of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 87
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(3)A licence granted under subsection (2) authorising the provision of a telecommunications service shall, in addition to any other conditions that the Minister may think fit to impose, be granted subject to technical conditions regarding the type, installation and maintenance of the equipment and materials to be used to provide the service, such conditions being designed to ensure their compatibility with the network of the telecommunications company.
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(4)The said technical conditions shall be decided by the Minister after consultation with the company.
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(5)Where a licence is granted under this section to any person to perform any function every provision of this Act or any other enactment relating to the appropriate company which is specified in regulations made by the Minister under this section shall in respect of that function and subject to such conditions, limitations or modifications as may be prescribed in such regulations, apply to the licensee as it applies to the company.
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(6)(a) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, charge fees for the grant of licences under this section. (b) The Public Offices Fees Act, 1879, shall not apply to fees charged under this subsection.
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FIRST SCHEDULE Election of Certain Directors

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Section 34

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Part I

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Employee Directors 1. (1) The Secretary of the company (or a person selected by him after consultation with representatives of the employees) shall be the returning officer for each election of employee directors of the company.

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(2)The returning officer shall not be entitled to be nominated as, or to nominate, act as agent for or promote the interests of, a candidate at the election.
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(3)The returning officer may authorise any person to exercise designated functions on his behalf and subparagraph (2) shall apply to any such person.
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2.(1) A poll shall be conducted where the number of candidates exceeds the number of seats to be filled.
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(2)Where one-third of the directors is not a whole number the next higher whole number shall be taken to be one-third for the purposes of an election.
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(3)Voting shall be by secret ballot and on the basis of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.
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(4)Presiding officers at the poll and polling clerks shall be appointed by the returning officer.
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(5)The election shall be held in accordance with arrangements made by the returning officer.
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(6)The returning officer shall be required to give due notice of these arrangements to the electorate and to designate premises as an election office.
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(7)All arrangements for an election shall be subject to the consent of the Minister.
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3.(1) The returning officer shall fix the nomination day and give notice of the election not later than 10 weeks before that day.
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(2)The nomination day shall be not earlier than 6 weeks after the day on which eligibility of voters and candidates is determined in accordance with paragraphs 11 and 12, respectively.
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4.The returning officer may declare each candidate elected if the number of candidates standing duly nominated does not exceed the number of seats to be filled.
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5.(1) The returning officer may take a preliminary poll, at the request of one or more recognised trade unions or staff associations representing at least 15 per cent. of the electorate, to ascertain whether or not a majority of the electorate is in favour of proceeding with the election.
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(2)The preliminary poll shall be undertaken in accordance with arrangements made by the returning officer and duly notified to the electorate.
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(3)If a majority at the preliminary poll opposes the election, the holding of the election shall be deferred for 3 years.
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(4)The arrangements for a preliminary poll shall be subject to the consent of the Minister.
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6.If the nomination of candidates or any poll is interrupted or cannot be proceeded with the returning officer may adjourn the nomination or poll for such period as he considers appropriate to enable him, on its expiration, to proceed with or complete the nomination or poll.
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7.On receipt of a notification from the returning officer of the names of candidates elected or declared to be elected under paragraph 4, the Minister shall, in accordance with section 34 , appoint each of the candidates as a director of the company.
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8.The returning officer shall place the remaining candidates in order of votes credited to each at the last count in which he was involved.
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9.In choosing a person to fill a casual vacancy the Minister shall select the next eligible candidate, if any, on the voting list under paragraph 8. Where two or more candidates are credited with an equal number of votes the Minister shall select one of them by lot.
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10.The company shall bear the cost of holding the election except costs incurred by candidates expressly on their own behalf.
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11.Every employee of the company who, on the day specified by the returning officer and on the day on which the poll is taken— (a) is not less than eighteen years of age, and (b) has been an employee of the company for a continuous period of not less than one year, and (c) works not less than 18 hours a week for the company, shall be entitled to vote at an election or preliminary poll.
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12.(1) Every employee of the company who, on the day specified by the returning officer under paragraph 11, is not less than eighteen years of age and has been an employee of the company for a continuous period of not less than three years and works not less than 18 hours a week for the company shall be eligible to be nominated as a candidate at the election.
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(2)Nominations shall be made in the manner prescribed by the returning officer.
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(3)A candidate may be nominated by a recognised trade union or staff association or jointly by two or more such bodies but no such body shall be entitled both to nominate one or more candidates jointly with another such body or bodies.
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(4)The returning officer shall rule on the validity of nominations. His decision shall be final.
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13.Prior service (for a continuous period ending on the vesting day) in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs of staff transferred to the company on the vesting day shall be reckonable as service with the company for the purposes of paragraphs 11 and 12.
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14.The returning officer shall prepare and maintain a list of eligible voters and candidates.
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15.The returning officer shall prepare and maintain a list of recognised trade unions and staff associations for the purposes of this Part.
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Part II

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Section 81

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1.(1) The Secretary of the company (or a person selected by him after consultation with representatives of postmasters) shall be the returning officer for each election of a director in accordance with section 81.
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(2)The returning officer shall not be entitled to be nominated as, or to nominate, act as agent for or promote the interests of, a candidate at the election.
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(3)The returning officer may authorise any person to exercise designated functions on his behalf and subparagraph (2) shall apply to any such person.
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2.(1) A poll shall be conducted where there are two or more candidates.
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(2)Voting shall be by secret ballot and on the basis of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.
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(3)Presiding officers at the poll and polling clerks shall be appointed by the returning officer.
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(4)The election shall be held in accordance with arrangements made by the returning officer.
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(5)The returning officer shall be required to give due notice of these arrangements to the electorate and to designate premises as an election office.
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(6)All arrangements for an election shall be subject to the consent of the Minister.
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3.(1) The returning officer shall fix the nomination day and give notice of the election not later than 10 weeks before that day.
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(2)The nomination day shall be not earlier than 6 weeks after the day on which the eligibility of voters and candidates is determined in accordance with paragraphs 11 and 12, respectively.
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4.If there is only one candidate the returning officer shall declare him elected.
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5.(1) The returning officer may take a preliminary poll, at the request of one or more recognised unions or associations representing at least 15 per cent, of the electorate, to ascertain whether or not a majority of the electorate is in favour of proceeding with the election.
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(2)The preliminary poll shall be undertaken in accordance with arrangements made by the returning officer and duly notified to the electorate.
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(3)If a majority at the preliminary poll opposes the election, the holding of the election shall be deferred for 3 years.
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(4)The arrangements for a preliminary poll shall be subject to the consent of the Minister.
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6.If the nomination of candidates or any poll is interrupted or cannot be proceeded with the returning officer may adjourn the nomination or poll for such period as he considers appropriate to enable him, on its expiration, to proceed with or complete the nomination or poll.
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7.On receipt of a notification from the returning officer of the name of the candidate elected or declared elected under paragraph 4, the Minister shall, in accordance with section 81 , appoint him as a director of the company.
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8.The returning officer shall place the remaining candidates in order of votes credited to each at the last count in which he was involved.
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9.In choosing a person to fill a casual vacancy the Minister shall select the next eligible candidate, if any, on the voting list under paragraph 8. Where two or more candidates are credited with an equal number of votes the Minister shall select one of them by lot.
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10.The company shall bear the cost of holding the election except costs incurred by candidates expressly on their own behalf.
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11.Every postmaster who, on the day specified by the returning officer and on the day on which the poll is taken— (a) is not less than twenty-one years of age, and (b) has been a postmaster for a continuous period of not less than one year ending immediately before that day, shall be entitled to vote at an election or preliminary poll.
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12.(1) Every postmaster who, on the day specified by the returning officer under paragraph 11 is not less than twenty-one years of age and has been a postmaster for a continuous period of not less than three years ending immediately before that day shall be eligible to be nominated as a candidate at an election.
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(2)Nominations shall be made in the manner prescribed by the returning officer.
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(3)A candidate may be nominated by a recognised union or association representing postmasters or jointly by two or more such bodies but no such body shall be entitled both to nominate one or more candidates of its own accord and to nominate one or more candidates jointly with another such body or bodies.
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(4)The returning officer shall rule on the validity of nominations. His decision shall be final.
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13.The returning officer shall prepare and maintain a list of eligible voters and candidates.
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14.The returning officer shall prepare and maintain a list of recognised unions and associations for the purposes of this Part.
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SECOND SCHEDULE Provisions Relating to Compulsory Acquisition

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Section 44

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Application for acquisition order.

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1.(1) Where a company proposes to acquire any land, easement or other right over land under section 44 the company may apply to the Minister for an order under this Schedule authorising it to acquire the property compulsorily and the application shall be accompanied by such maps, plans and books of reference as are referred to in paragraph 5.
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(2)The company shall publish the prescribed notice of the application in Iris Oifigiúil and in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the property is situate and serve a copy of the notice on every person who appears to the company to have an estate or interest in the property, so far as it is reasonably practicable to ascertain such persons.
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(3)The notice shall include a provision notifying persons having an estate or interest in the property that they have a right to lodge with the Minister within a prescribed time an objection to the making of an order and specify the times and places where the maps, plans and books of reference deposited in accordance with paragraph 5 may be inspected.
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(4)The Minister shall— (a) appoint an arbitrator to hear and determine any objection, or (b) if in his opinion the objection is of such a nature that it can be determined without arbitration, himself decide on the application and he may, if he thinks fit, appoint an adviser to assist him in relation thereto.
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(5)The Minister shall publish prescribed notice of every hearing by arbitration in Iris Oifigiúil and in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the property is situate.
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(6)The company and any person having an estate or interest in the property shall be entitled to be heard and adduce evidence at the arbitration.
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Making of acquisition order.

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2.(1) Where no objection to the application of the company is lodged within the prescribed time or any such objection is rejected by the Minister, the Minister shall make an order authorising the company to acquire the property compulsorily in accordance with the terms of its application.
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(2)Where the arbitrator decides that no objection to the application is sustainable the Minister shall make the order in accordance with its terms.
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(3)Where the arbitrator recommends, in consequence of any objection, that the order should be made with modifications, whether by the exclusion of any part of the property comprised in the application or subject to any other variation, the Minister shall, unless the company withdraws its application, make the order subject to such modifications.
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(4)Where the arbitrator upholds an objection the Minister shall not make the order.
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Entry on land, etc., before conveyance.

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3.(1) At any time after the making of an acquisition order and before conveyance or ascertainment of price, the company may, subject to this paragraph, enter on and take possession of the land to be acquired or exercise the right to be acquired.
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(2)Where the company exercises any power under the foregoing subparagraph, it shall be liable to pay, to the occupier of the land which is to be acquired or in respect of which the right is to be exercised, interest on the amount of the price payable to such occupier at such rate as the Minister for Finance shall from time to time determine for the purposes of this Schedule from the date of entry until payment of the price.
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(3)The company shall not— (a) enter on or take possession of any land under this paragraph without giving to the occupier at least three months' previous notice in writing of its intention so to do, (b) exercise any right under this paragraph without giving the occupier of the land in respect of which the right is to be exercised at least three months' previous notice in writing of its intention so to do.
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Service of notice.

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4.(1) A notice under this Schedule may be served on any person by sending it by registered post in an envelope addressed to him at his usual or last known address.
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(2)Where, for any reason, the envelope cannot be so addressed, it may be addressed to the person for whom it is intended in either of the following ways: (a) by the description “the occupier” without stating his name, (b) at the land to which the notice relates.
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Deposit of maps, plans, etc.

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5.(1) The company shall cause maps, plans and books of reference to be deposited in accordance with this paragraph.
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(2)The maps and plans shall be sufficient in quantity and character to show on adequate scales the land or right proposed to be acquired.
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(3)The books of reference shall contain the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of the land which is proposed to be acquired or in respect of which the right is proposed to be exercised.
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(4)The maps, plans and books of reference shall be deposited at the registered office of the company and at such other places as the company considers suitable and shall remain so deposited for at least three months and shall, while so deposited, be open to inspection by any person, free of charge, between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and four o'clock in the afternoon on every day except Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays.
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Assessment of price.

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6.(1) The amount of the price to be paid by the company for any land acquired to the several persons entitled thereto or having estates or interests therein, or for any right acquired to the several persons entitled to or having estates or interests in the land in respect of which the right is exercised, shall, in default of agreement, be fixed under and in accordance with the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 .
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(2)Sections 69 to 83 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 , shall apply to the said price and to the conveyance to the company of the land or right acquired, and for the purpose of the application the company shall be deemed to be the promoters of the undertaking.
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Interpretation.

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7.In this Schedule “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister.
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THIRD SCHEDULE Repeal and Revocation of Enactments

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Section 7

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PART I

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Repeal of Statutes Session and Chapter or Number and Year Short Title Extent of Repeal 26 & 27 Vict., c. 112.

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Telegraph Act, 1863.

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Section 9.

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In section 12— the words “The company shall not place a telegraph over, along or across a street or public road, or a post in or upon a street or public road, except with the consent of the body having the control of such street or public road; and”; the words “or to any mansion,”; the words “or mansion,”.

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In section 13, the words from “Where any landowner” to “Provided, that”.

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Section 16.

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In section 23— the words from “stating that they have” to “or public road, and”; the words from “And they shall not” to “of such advertisement”.

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Sections 25, 31, 43, 44, 46, 49, 50, 51 and 53.

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29 and 30 Vict., c. 3.

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Telegraph Act Amendment Act, 1866.

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The whole Act.

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31 & 32 Vict., c. 110.

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Telegraph Act, 1868.

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In section 2, the words from “and the term” to the end of the section.

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Sections 4 to 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 24.

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32 & 33 Vict., c. 73.

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Telegraph Act, 1869.

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Sections 5 and 7 to 22.

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41 & 42 Vict., c. 76.

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Telegraph Act, 1878.

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In section 10, the word “All” at the beginning of the section.

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Section 14.

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45 & 46 Vict., c. 74.

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Post Office (Parcels) Act, 1882 .

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The whole Act, except sections 1 and 14.

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48 & 49 Vict., c. 58.

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Telegraph Act, 1885.

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The whole Act.

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54 & 55 Vict., c. 38.

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Stamp Duties Management Act, 1891.

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Section 7.

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54 & 55 Vict., c. 39.

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Stamp Act, 1891.

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In section 7, the word “duties” where it last occurs.

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55 & 56 Vict., c. 59.

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Telegraph Act, 1892.

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Sections 1, 4(2), 5, 10 and 12.

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60 & 61 Vict., c. 41.

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Post Office and Telegraph Act, 1897.

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The whole Act.

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62 & 63 Vict., c. 38.

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Telegraph Act, 1899.

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Sections 1, 2(2) and 3.

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8 Edw. 7, c. 33.

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Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1908.

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Section 7.

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8 Edw. 7, c. 48.

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Post Office Act, 1908 .

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Sections 1 to 4, 5(3), 10 to 17, 24, 31, 33 to 43, 45, 46, 47, 54 and 56.

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In section 65 (2), the words “by order of the Revenue Commissioners”.

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Paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 71(1).

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Sections 82 to 86 and 88.

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1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 26 Telephone Transfer Act, 1911.

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The whole Act.

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1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 39 Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1911.

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Sections 4, 5 and 6(2).

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3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 11 Post Office Act, 1913.

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The whole Act.

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10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 40.

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Post Office Telegraph Act, 1920.

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The whole Act.

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No. 16 of 1924.

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Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 .

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In Part I of the Schedule, the words in brackets after the reference to the Post Office Savings Bank.

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No. 8. of 1927.

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Telephone Capital Act, 1927 .

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Section 4, and any enactment insofar as it incorporates that section.

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No. 10 of 1928.

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Telegraph Act, 1928.

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The whole Act.

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No. 40 of 1936.

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Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1936 .

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Section 54

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No. 7 of 1937.

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Post Office (Evasion of Postage) Act, 1937 .

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In section 1, the definition of the expression “the Minister”.

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No. 17 of 1951.

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Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1951 .

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In Section 1, the definition of the expression “the Minister”.

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Sections 5, 6, 8(3), 10 and 11.

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No. 27 of 1953.

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Telegraph Act, 1953.

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The whole Act.

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No. 18 of 1969.

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Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1969 .

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The whole Act.

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No. 27 of 1981.

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Irish Telecommunications Investments Limited Act, 1981 .

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The whole Act.

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No. 8 of 1983.

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Irish Telecommunications Investments Limited (Amendment) Act, 1983 .

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The whole Act.

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PART II

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Revocation of Statutory Instruments Number and year Title Extent of Revocation S.R. & O. No. 1138 of 1903.

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Money Order Regulations, 1903.

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In regulation 20(2), the words “over the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs' telegraphs”.

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S.R. & O. No. 1089 of 1905.

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Postal Order (Inland) Regulations, 1905.

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In regulation 8, the words “with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance”.

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S.R. & O. No. 118 of 1908 Money Order Amendment (No. 2) Regulations, 1908.

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In regulation 3, the words “holding office under the State”.

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S.R. & O. No. 1532 of 1921.

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Post Office Savings Bank Regulations, 1921.

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Regulations 18(4) and 44.

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In regulation 83(2), the words “by the Controller”.

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Regulations 84(2), 84(3), 84(4), 87, 89, 91, 93 and 95 to 97.

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S.R. & O. No. 202 of 1939.

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Inland Post Warrant, 1939.

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Regulations 3(1), 61 to 64 and 66.

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S.I. No. 267 of 1949.

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Foreign Post Warrant, 1949.

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Regulations 3(12), 22, 56, 57 and 60.

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S.I. No. 418 of 1953.

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Foregin Parcel Post Warrant, 1953.

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Regulations 3(1), 23 and 35.

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S.I. No. 13 of 1958.

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Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations, 1958.

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In regulation 1(5), the words from “post office vehicle” to “Telegraphs”.

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In regulation 18 (c) and 22(4)(a), the words “or a post office vehicle”.

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In regulation 18 (cc), the words “and in the case of a post office vehicle — the Department of Posts and Telegraphs”.

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In regulation 19 (3), the words “or in the case of a post office vehicle, on the receipt of an application from a duly authorised officer of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs”.

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In regulation 22(4)(b), the words “or a post office vehicle ceases to be used as a post office vehicle”.

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S.I. No. 195 of 1980.

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Telephone Regulations, 1980.

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Regulations 24, 25(1)(b), 25(2), 34 and 36(a).

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In regulations 36(b) and 37, the words “in accordance with Regulation 34 of these Regulations”.

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In regulation 40(1)(b), the words “in the Iris Oifigiúil and also”.

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In regulation 41, the words from “An account prepared” to “the amount so payable”.

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In regulation 42, the words from “The Minister” to “agreement” and the words “pursant to the provisions of Regulation 34 of these Regulations”.

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In regulation 47, the words “pursant to Regulation 34 of these Regulations”.

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Regulations 49 (2), 49 (3) and 50.

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S.I. No. 196 of 1980.

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Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980.

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Regulations 4(2), 24 and 43.

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S.I. No. 197 of 1980.

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Telex Regulations, 1980.

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Regulations 11, 12(1)(b), 12(2), 17 and 19(a).

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In regulations 19 and 20, the words “in accordance with Regulation 17 of these Regulations”.

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In regulation 23(1)(b), the words “in the Iris Oifigiúil and also”.

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In regulation 24, the words from “Any account” to “the amount so payable”.

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In regulation 25, the words from “The Minister may” to “in the agreement” and the words “pursuant to Regulation 17 of these Regulations”.

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In regulation 29, the words “pursuant to Regulation 17 of these Regulations”.

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Regulations 31(2), 31(3) and 32.

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S.I. No. 198 of 1980.

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Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980.

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In regulation 3, the definition of “the Minister”.

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Regulations 18(3) and 25.

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S.I. No. 45 of 1982.

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District Court (Fees) Order, 1982.

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In Article 6, the words “other than the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs”.

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FOURTH SCHEDULE Consequential Amendment of Enachments

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Section 8

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(1).
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PART I

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Amendment of Statutes Session and Chapter or Number and Year Short Title Amendment 1 & 2 Vict., c. 98.

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Railways (Conveyance of Mails) Act, 1838 .

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For references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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For references to the Post Office or officers or servants of the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post or its officers or servants.

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In section 4, for “Her Majesty's” there shall be substituted “its”.

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In section 10, for references to the Royal Arms there shall be substituted references to the symbol of An Post.

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In section 13, for references to “Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors” there shall be substituted references of An Post.

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10 & 11 Vict., c. 85.

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Post Office (Duties) Act, 1847.

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In section 16, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and to the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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20 & 21 Vict., c. 60.

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Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act, 1857.

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In section 312, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the officers acting under him there shall be substituted references to An Post and the officers acting under it.

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24 Vict., c. 14 Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1861 .

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For references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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In section 2, the words “nor of any sum not a multiple thereof” shall be deleted.

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In section 3, for the words “Post Office” there shall be substituted “office designated by An Post”.

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In section 5, for the words “the Office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post”.

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In section 10, for the words “the chief office of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “an office designated by An Post”.

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In section 11, the words “in his Department” shall be deleted.

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26 Vict., c. 14.

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Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1863 .

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In section 1, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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In section 3, for the words “through the Post Office” there shall be substituted “through the post”.

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26 & 27 Vict., c. 87.

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Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1863.

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In section 48, for the words “Post Office” there shall be substituted “Post”.

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26 & 27 Vict., c. 112.

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Telegraph Act, 1863.

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In section 2— there shall be substituted for the words “Special Act of Parliament” the words “any enactment”; subsection (2) shall be deleted.

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In section 10— the words “has obtained consent to the placing, or by virtue of the powers of the company under this Act” shall be deleted; there shall be inserted after the word “under” the words “over, along or across or a post in or upon”.

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In section 21— the words from “or place any work under” to “the following provisions” shall be deleted; the following shall be substituted for paragraph (1): “(1) Twenty-one days at least before the company proceeds to place any work under, in, upon, over, along or across any land or building they shall publish a notice describing the intended placing of such work by leaving such notice at the land or building affected;”; the words “by virtue of the authority so conferred” in paragraphs (2) and (3) and paragraph (4) shall be deleted.

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In section 22, there shall be inserted after the words “dwelling house” in the first two places where they occur the words “which is not adjoining to or near a street or public road”.

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For section 24, there shall be substituted: “24.—At any time during the next twenty-one days after the publication of a notice under section 21 of this Act or after the last publication of a notice under section 23 of this Act, the owner, lessee or occupier of any land or building affected may give to the company notice of his objection to their intended works as prejudicially affecting such land or building and, if the company and the objector are unable to resolve the matter, the company shall refer it to the arbitrator.”.

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In section 26, for the words “such copy of notice of objection, the Board of Trade” there shall be substituted the words “a copy of such notice of objection, the arbitrator”.

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For section 27, there shall be substituted: “27.—On hearing any such objection, the arbitrator—

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(1)may if he sees fit award to the owner, lessee or occupier of the property affected full compensation (the amount thereof to be determined, in the case of difference, by the arbitrator) for any damage done to him, or
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(2)may require the company to remove its works or to make such modifications or alterations to its works or intended works as he sees fit.”.
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In sections 28 and 29, for the words “Board of Trade” there shall be substituted the word “arbitrator”.

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In section 32, for the words from “The company shall not” to “the control thereof” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to this Act, where the company intends to proceed with the placing of any work under, in, upon, over, along or across any railway or canal the depth, course and position at and in which the same is to be placed shall be settled between the company and the persons having control of the railway or canal. In the event of disagreement, the matter shall be referred to an arbitrator whose decision shall be final.”.

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In section 33, for the words “the Board of Trade” there shall be substituted the words “an arbitrator”.

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For section 34, there shall be substituted: “34.—The reasonable expenses and remuneration of the arbitrator (to be settled in case of difference by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs) shall be paid by the company.”.

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In section 45, for the words from “or improperly divulges” to “twenty pounds” there shall be substituted the words “he shall be guilty of an offence”.

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In section 52, the words from “one week from” to the end of the section shall be deleted and the words “such emergency exists” shall be substituted.

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31 & 32 Vict., c. 110.

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Telegraph Act, 1868.

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In sections 3, 9 and 21, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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In section 17, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post acting as its agent.

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In section 21, for the words “employed under the Post Office” there shall be substituted “employed by Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post acting as its agent” in both places where those words occur.

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31 & 32 Vict., c. 119.

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Regulation of Railways Act, 1868 .

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In section 36, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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In section 37— for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post; the words “by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or some Secretary or Assistant Secretary to the Post Office, or” shall be deleted.

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32 & 33 Vict., c. 73.

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Telegraph Act, 1869.

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In section 4— the words from “within” to “herein-after provided” (where those words first occur) and the words “within that kingdom” shall be deleted; for the words “as herein-after provided” there shall be substituted “as provided by section 87

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(1)of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983”.
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In section 6— for the words from “shall, on summary conviction,” to “not exceeding five pounds” there shall be substituted “shall be guilty of an offence”; there shall be inserted after the words “the like penalty”. the words “In any proceeding in relation to that offence it shall lie upon the person proceeded against to prove that the act or omission in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was done in conformity with section 4 of this Act or in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence granted by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs under section 111

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(2)of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983.”.
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In section 23, for the reference to the Post Office there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post acting as its agent.

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36 & 37 Vict., c. 48.

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Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 .

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In sections 18 and 19, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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37 & 38 Vict., c. 73.

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Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1874 .

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In section 2— for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post; the words, from “The regulations made” to the end of the section shall be deleted.

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In section 3, for the words “shall be laid by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “shall be submitted by An Post to the Minister for Finance, who shall have it laid”.

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38 & 39 Vict., c. 63.

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Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875 .

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In section 16— for the words “post office” there shall be substituted “post”; for “regulations” there shall be substituted “schemes”; for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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39 & 40 Vict., c. 36.

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Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 .

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In section 215, as amended by section 7 of the Revenue Act, 1889 , for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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39 & 40 Vict., c. 52.

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Savings Banks (Barrister) Act, 1876 .

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In section 2, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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41 & 42 Vict., c. 76.

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Telegraph Act, 1878.

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In sections 2 to 5, 8, 12 and 13, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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In section 3, there shall be deleted the words “a street or public road, or”, the words from “or where any proprietors” to “such railway or canal,”, the words “proprietors, lessees, directors or persons (as the case may be),” and the words “proprietors, lessees, directors or persons”.

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In section 4, the words from “or having power” to “a street or public road” shall be deleted.

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In sections 6, 7 and 9, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or his agents there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann or its agents.

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In section 7 (8), for the words “post-master or sub-postmaster of the postal telegraph office” there shall be substituted “officer in charge of the office of Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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In section 12— for the words from “a secretary or assistant secretary” to “for the purpose by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “an officer of Bord Telecom Éireann”; for the words from “the General Post Office” to “assistant secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “an office designated by Bord Telecom Éireann”; for the words “the superintending engineer of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “the district manager”.

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43 & 44 Vict., c. 36.

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Savings Banks Act, 1880 .

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In section 4, for the words “with the consent of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “in consultation with An Post”.

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In section 5, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs in the definition of the expression “savings banks authority” there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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45 & 46 Vict., c. 74.

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Post Office (Parcels) Act, 1882 .

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In section 14, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and to the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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46 & 47 Vict., c. 47.

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Provident Nominations and Small Intestacies Act, 1883 .

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In section 2— for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post; for the reference to the General Post Office there shall be substituted a reference to an office designated by An Post.

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47 & 48 Vict., c. 76.

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Post Office (Protection) Act, 1884 .

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In section 11— for the words from “a misdemeanour” to “two hundred pounds” there shall be substituted the words“an offence”; the words “a post office, or” and “the post office or” shall be deleted.

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50 & 51 Vict., c. 40.

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Savings Banks Act, 1887 .

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In section 1, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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53 & 54 Vict., c. 59.

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Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890.

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In section 15 (1), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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54 & 55 Vict., c. 21.

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Savings Banks Act, 1891 .

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In section 12 (2), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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55 & 56 Vict., c. 59.

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Telegraph Act, 1892.

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In sections 4, 6 and 9, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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In section 4(1)— there shall be inserted after the word “required” where it occurs for the first time the words “or any road authority or persons having control over any railway or canal with whom the placing of the telegraphic line would have been required to be settled”; there shall be inserted after the word “building” the words “railway or canal”; there shall be inserted after the word “consent” where it occurs “or were otherwise a difference”.

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56 & 57 Vict., c. 38.

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Conveyance of Mails Act, 1893 .

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For references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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In section 1, the words “or under the Post Office (Parcels) Act, 1882 ,” and the words from “and this provision” to the end of the section shall be deleted.

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In section 2 (3), for the words “who is at the time either Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or a secretary or assistant secretary of the Post Office or the Inspector General of Mails” there shall be substituted “who is so authorised by An Post”.

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62 & 63 Vict., c. 38.

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Telegraph Act, 1899.

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In section 2 (1), after the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be inserted “or Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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4 Edw. 7, c. 8.

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Savings Banks Act, 1904 .

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For references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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8 Edw. 7, c. 8.

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Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1908 .

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In sections 1, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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8 Edw. 7, c. 33.

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Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1908.

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In sections 3 and 5, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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8 Edw. 7, c. 48.

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Post Office Act, 1908 .

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In sections 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 32, 49 (1), 64, 74, 79 (4), 80 and 81 (1), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or officers of the Minister there shall be substituted references to An Post or its officers.

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In sections 8, 9, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 50, 51, 53, 55, 63 (1) and 87, for references to the Post Office or officers of the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post or its officers.

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References to Post Office regulations or to any warrant or regulations made under the Act shall be construed as references to a scheme made under section 70 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983.

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In sections 44 (1), 48, 49 (2), 49 (3), 62 (1), 66, 73 and 76, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or officers of the Minister there shall be substituted references to An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann or their officers, as the case may require.

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In sections 44 (1), 58, 67, 73 and 78, for references to the Post Office or officers of the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann or their officers, as the case may require.

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In sections 7 (1), 74 and 87, references to “this Act” shall be construed as including the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983.

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In section 7 (1), for the words “in like manner” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted “in any court of competent jurisdiction as if it were a simple contract debt”.

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In section 9— the words “, British colonial,” shall be deleted and after the word “foreign” there shall be inserted “postal administration”; for the words from “as postage” to the end of the section there shall be substituted “as if it were a simple contract debt”.

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In section 21— for the reference to the General Post Office in Dublin there shall be substituted a reference to the registered office of An Post; the words “not exceeding twenty-five pence” shall be deleted.

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In section 23 (1), there shall be deleted the words “So long as the Minister for Finance sees fit,” and “for the use of the State” and the words from “and all poundage” to the end of the subsection.

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In section 23 (3), the words “or the Post Office Revenue, or the Central Fund,” shall be deleted.

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In section 23, there shall be inserted the following subsection: “(5) For the purposes of this section the expression ‘money order’ shall include a postal order.”.

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In section 50, after paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the following paragraph:— “(bb) steals a postal packet from a mail box; or”.

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In section 50 (c), after the words “by post”, there shall be inserted “or in a mail box”.

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After section 53 there shall be inserted the following new section:— “53A—Any person who unlawfully and maliciously damages or interferes with a mail box shall be guilty of an offence.”.

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In section 62 (1), after the words “in or on” there shall be inserted “or in association or conjunction with”.

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In section 62 (2), for the words from “shall be liable” to “shillings” there shall be substituted “shall be guilty of an offence”.

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In section 63 (3), for the words “in the Post Office” there shall be substituted “by An Post”.

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In section 66 (1) (a), the word “postal” before “telegraph office” shall be deleted.

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In section 67, after the words “post office” there shall be inserted “or office of Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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In section 73, the words “, without in either case naming the person who is Minister for Posts and Telegraphs,” shall be deleted.

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In section 79 (4), the words “Scotland or” and “out of moneys provided by Parliament” shall be deleted.

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In section 81 (2)— for the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs or any secretary or assistant secretary of the Post Office” there shall be substituted “an authorised officer of An Post”; for the second reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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In section 87, at (b) of the proviso, the words “not exceeding the maximum amount fixed by this Act for postal orders,” shall be deleted.

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In section 89— in the definition of the expression “postage”, for the word “duty” there shall be substituted “sum”; the definition of the expression “inland” shall be deleted; in the definition of the expression “mail”, for the reference to the Post Office there shall be substituted a reference to An Post; in the definition of the expression “officer of the Post Office”, for the references to the Post Office and the second reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post and the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, and” shall be deleted; there shall be inserted a new definition as follows: “The expression ‘officer of Bord Telecom Éireann’ includes any person employed in any business of Bord Telecom Éireann whether employed by Bord Telecom Éireann or by any person under it or on its behalf:”; in the definition of the expression “post office”, for the reference to the Post Office there shall be substituted a reference to An Post; in the definition of the expression “post office letter box”, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post; for the definition of the expression “the purpose of the Post Office”, there shall be substituted the following: “The expression ‘the purpose of An Post’ means any purpose of any of the Post Office Acts or of any Acts for the time being in force relating to money orders, telegraphs or Post Office savings banks, and includes any purpose relating to or in connection with the execution of the duties for the time being undertaken by An Post or any of its officers:”; the definition of the expression “Post Office regulations” shall be deleted; there shall be inserted a new definition as follows: “The expression ‘the purpose of Bord Telecom Éireann’ means any purpose of any of the Post Office Acts or of any Acts for the time being in force relating to telegraphs and includes any purpose relating to or in connection with the execution of the duties for the time being undertaken by Bord Telecom Éireann or any of its officers:”.

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In section 90 (c), after the words “that person's postal packets,” there shall be inserted “or under an arrangement authorised under the provisions of section 65 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983,”.

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9 Edw. 7, c. 20.

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Telegraph (Arbitration) Act, 1909.

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In section 1— for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann; there shall be inserted after the word “licence” the words “granted by Bord Telecom Éireann”; there shall be inserted after the word “agreement” the words “to which Bord Telecom Éirann is a party”.

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1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 39.

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Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1911.

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In sections 1, 2 and 3, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 48.

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Finance Act, 1911 .

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In section 20, for the references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a references to An Post.

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3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27.

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Forgery Act, 1913.

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In section 18 (1), for references to the Post Office money orders and postal orders in the definition of “revenue paper”, there shall be substituted a reference to money orders and postal orders issued by An Post.

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6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 40.

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Telegraph (Construction) Act, 1916.

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In section 1, 2 and 4, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50.

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Larceny Act, 1916 .

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In section 12 and 18, for the references to the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 12.

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Savings Bank Act, 1920 .

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In section 3, 6 and 10, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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In section 6(1), after the word “laid” there shall be substituted the words “by the Minister for Finance”.

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No. 12 of 1923.

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Electoral Act, 1923 .

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In rule 3 (5) of the Fourth Schedule, for the references to the post office date stamp there shall be substituted a references to the date stamp of An Post.

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In rule 1 (2) of the Fifth Schedule, as amended by the Electoral Act, 1963 , for the reference to post office notices there shall be substituted a reference to notices of An Post.

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No. 38 of 1923.

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Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923 .

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In section 50

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(1), for the words “regulations to be made from time to time by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “such conditions as may be determined by An Post”.
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In section 50 (2), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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No. 17 of 1925.

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Firearms Act, 1925 .

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In section 19 , for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted reference to An Post.

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No. 26 of 1925.

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Shannon Electricity Act, 1925 .

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In section 17 , for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted reference to An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may require.

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No. 28 of 1925.

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Finance Act, 1925 .

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In sections 37

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(3)and 37 (5), for references to the Post Office and the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.
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No. 27 of 1927.

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Electricity (Supply) Act, 1927 .

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In section 112 , for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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No. 27 of 1931.

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Betting Act, 1931 .

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In sections 23 and 29 , for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann.

\n

In section 34 (1), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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In section 34 (2), for the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post acting as its agent”.

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In section 34 (2), for the word “him” there shall be substituted the words “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post”.

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No. 2 of 1932.

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Road Transport Act, 1932.

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In section 24 (3), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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No. 8 of 1933.

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Road Transport Act, 1933 .

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In sections 2 and 66 (2), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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No. 38 of 1934.

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Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1934 .

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In section 9 , for “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” and “the Department of Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may be”.

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No. 54 of 1936.

\n

Liffey Reservoir Act, 1936 .

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In sections 14 and 27 , for “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” and “the Department of Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may be”.

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No. 7 of 1937.

\n

Post Office (Evasion of Postage) Act, 1937 .

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In sections 3 , 4 and 5 , for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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In section 5, the reference to any warrant or regulations made under the Post Office Act, 1908 shall be construed as a reference to a scheme made under section 70 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983.

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No. 30 of 1937.

\n

Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act, 1937 .

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In section 28 , for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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In rule 5 of the Second Schedule, for the references to the post office date stamp there shall be substituted a references to the date stamp of An Post.

\n

No. 32 of 1937.

\n

Presidential Elections Act, 1937 .

\n

In section 34

\n
(1), for the words “regulations made under this section by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “such conditions as may be determined by An Post”.
\n

In section 34 (3), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

\n

In section 34 (4), for the words “Regulations made by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs under this section may make provision” there shall be substituted “Such conditions as may be determined by An Post may require”.

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No. 4 of 1938.

\n

Shops (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1938 .

\n

In section 4

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(2)(b), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.
\n

No. 14 of 1940.

\n

Finance Act, 1940 .

\n

In section 30 , for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

\n

In section 31 (3) (e), (f) and (g), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to the Minister for Finance.

\n

No. 8 of 1942.

\n

Referendum Act, 1942 .

\n

In rules 3 and 4 of the First Schedule, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

\n

No. 14 of 1942.

\n

Finance Act, 1942 .

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In section 23 — paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) shall be deleted; in subsection (3), for the words from “The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” to “Minister for Finance” there shall be substituted “The Minister for Finance may by order”.

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No. 22 of 1942.

\n

Central Bank Act., 1942.

\n

In section 56 (5), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

No. 21 of 1944.

\n

Transport Act, 1944 .

\n

In section 109

\n
(1), for “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may be”.
\n

No. 12 of 1945.

\n

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act., 1945.

\n

In section 44, for “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” in both places where that expression occurs and “the Department of Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may be”.

\n

No. 10 of 1946.

\n

Turf Development Act, 1946 .

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In section 26 , for “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” and “the Department of Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may be”.

\n

No. 42 of 1947.

\n

Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act, 1947 .

\n

In section 84 , for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

In rule 6 of the First Schedule and in rule 6 of the Third Schedule, for references to the post office date stamp there shall be substituted references to the date stamp of An Post.

\n

No. 12 of 1950.

\n

Transport Act, 1950 .

\n

In sections 26

\n
(4)and 64 (1), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.
\n

In section 62, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

\n

In section 63, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may require.

\n

No. 17 of 1951.

\n

Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1951 .

\n

For references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

\n

In section 9 (3), for the references to the General Post Office in Dublin there shall be substituted a reference to the registered office of An Post.

\n

In section 12 (3), the word “postal” shall be deleted.

\n

For section 13 (1), there shall be substituted: “(1) A person who— (a) sends, by means of the telecommunications system operated by Bord Telecom Éireann, any message or other matter which is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character, whether addressed to an operator or any other person, or (b) sends by those means, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, a message which he knows to be false or persistently makes use of those means for that purpose, shall be guilty of an offence.”.

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No. 1 of 1952.

\n

Undeveloped Areas Act, 1952 .

\n

In Article 12 of the Second Schedule, for “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” and “the Department of Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may be”.

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No. 30 of 1954.

\n

Exchange Control Act, 1954 .

\n

In section 18

\n
(2), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.
\n

No. 2 of 1956.

\n

Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956 .

\n

In section 49

\n
(1), for “The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs”there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann, as the case may require”.
\n

No. 19 of 1958.

\n

Transport Act, 1958 .

\n

In section 3 , for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

No. 23 of 1958.

\n

Savings Banks Act, 1958 .

\n

In section 1 , in the definition of the expression “the Minister” for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister for Finance.

\n

In section 5 (2), the words “for Finance” shall be deleted and after “1861” there shall be inserted “by An Post with the consent of the Minister”.

\n

No. 23 of 1963.

\n

Finance Act, 1963 .

\n

In section 33 , for the reference to the Post Office there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

No. 6 of 1967.

\n

Income Tax Act, 1967 .

\n

In section 175

\n
(3), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.
\n

No. 39 of 1976.

\n

Wildlife Act, 1976 .

\n

In section 53

\n
(4), for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.
\n

No. 30 of 1977.

\n

European Assembly Elections Act, 1977 .

\n

In section 20

\n
(2), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.
\n

In rules 18 (1) and 18 (2) of the First Schedule, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post.

\n

In rule 26 (4) of the First Schedule, for the reference to the post office date stamp there shall be substituted a reference to the date stamp of An Post.

\n

No. 40 of 1979.

\n

Payment of Wages Act, 1979 .

\n

In section 3

\n
(3)(d), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.
\n

No. 16 of 1980.

\n

Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act, 1980 .

\n

In section 48

\n
(4), for the words “telephone directory” there shall be substituted the word “directories” and for the reference to the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann.
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No. 1 of 1981.

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Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 .

\n

In sections 112

\n
(1)and 232(2), for the words “with the consent of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “in consultation with An Post” and for references to the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.
\n

In section 170, for the words “in conjunction with the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “in consultation with An Post” and for references to the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

\n

In sections 189 (2) and 248, for the words “with the consent of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “in consultation with An Post”.

\n

In section 234 (b) (v), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann.

\n

In section 249, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An post.

\n

No. 9 of 1981.

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Malicious Injuries Act, 1981 .

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In section 12

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(3), for the words “post office money orders” there shall be substituted “money orders issued by An Post”.
\n

No. 30 of 1981.

\n

Fire Services Act, 1981 .

\n

In section 12 , for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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FOURTH SCHEDULE

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PART II

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Amendment of Statutory Instruments Number and Year Title Amendment — Foreign Parcels (Customs) Warrant, 1885.

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For references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Post Office there shall be substituted references to An Post.

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S.R. & O. No. 1138 of 1903.

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Money Order Regulations, 1903.

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In regulation 3(3)(a), for the reference to £50 there shall be substituted a reference to £100.

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In regulation 4, for the reference to the Chief Money Order Office in London there shall be substituted a reference to a nominated office of An Post; for the words from “authorised” to “thereunder” there shall be substituted “fixed by schemes of Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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In regulation 9, for the reference to the Chief Money Order Office in London there shall be substituted a reference to a nominated office of An Post.

\n

In regulation 16, for the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “such officer of An Post as is nominated for the purpose of this regulation”.

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In regulations 23(d), 27, 28(2)(b) and 28(4), for the words from “the Telegraph Acts” to “thereunder” there shall be substituted “schemes made by Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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In regulation 28(5), for the words “the post office” there shall be substituted “An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann”.

\n

In regulation 28(6), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann.

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In regulation 29, for the reference to the Accountant, General Post Office, Dublin there shall be substituted a reference to an authorised officer of An Post.

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S.R. & O. No. 1089 of 1905.

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Postal Order (Inland) Regulations, 1905.

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In regulation 3, the words “holding office under the State” shall be deleted and there shall be inserted after the word “officers” the words “or persons”.

\n

In regulation 17, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to such officer of An Post as is nominated for the purpose.

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S.R. & O. No. 118 of 1908.

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Money Order Amendment (No. 2) Regulations, 1908.

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In regulation 5, for the reference to the office of the Post Office Accountant in Dublin there shall be substituted a reference to a nominated office of An Post.

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S.R. & O. No. 524 of 1914.

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Inland Revenue and Post Office (Powers and Duties) Order, 1914.

\n

For the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

S.R. & O. No. 1532 of 1921.

\n

Post Office Savings Bank Regulations, 1921.

\n

For references to the Post Office, where they occur other than in the expression “Post Office Savings Bank”, there shall be substituted references to An Post.

\n

For references to the Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank (except in regulation 29 (2)) there shall be substituted references to a nominated officer of An Post.

\n

In regulation 2, the following shall be inserted: “The expression ‘postmaster’ includes an officer in charge of a Savings Bank office.”.

\n

In regulation 4 (1) (b), for the words “Post Offices which the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “offices which An Post”.

\n

Regulation 4 (2) (4) shall be deleted.

\n

In regulation 12 (2), for the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “the Minister for Finance after consultation with An Post”.

\n

In regulation 29 (1), for the reference to £50 there shall be substituted a reference to £100.

\n

In regulation 29 (2), the words “the Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank, or by” and “other” shall be deleted.

\n

In regulation 52, for the words from “the Telegraph Acts” to “there-under” there shall be substituted “a scheme made by Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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S.R. & O. No. 2001 of 1921.

\n

Old Age Pensions Consolidated Regulations, 1921.

\n

In regulation 30, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

S.R. & O. No. 31 of 1925.

\n

Revenue and Post Office (Powers and Duties) (No. 2) Order, 1925.

\n

In Article 3, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post. — Savings Certificates Rules, 1926.

\n

For references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references, to An Post, save in rules 4 and 46, where there shall be substituted references to the Minister for Finance.

\n

For references to the Accountant, Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to a nominated officer of An Post. — In rule 2— for the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “An Post with the consent of the Minister for Finance”; the following shall be inserted: “The expression ‘An Post’, for the purposes of rules 7, 10, 11 and 42, includes other agents authorised to transact Savings Certificates business.”.

\n

In rule 4, for the reference to officers of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to officers of An Post.

\n

In rule 46 (5), for the words “nor the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “nor An Post”

\n

S.R. & O. No. 202 of 1939.

\n

Inland Post Warrant, 1939.

\n

In regulation 16, for the reference to the General Post Office, Dublin there shall be substituted a reference to the registered office of An Post.

\n

In entry number 4 in column 1 of the First Schedule, for the reference to the General Post Office there shall be substituted a reference to the registered office of An Post.

\n

S.R. & O. No. 336 of 1940.

\n

Trustee Savings Banks Regulations, 1940.

\n

In regulation 8 (1), for the reference to the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of Finance.

\n

In regulations 9, 10, 11 and 12, for references to the Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of the Department of Finance.

\n

S.R. & O. No. 363 of 1940.

\n

Savings Certificates (Fees on Determination of Disputes) Order, 1940.

\n

In Article 3, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

S.R. & O. No. 152 of 1943.

\n

Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) (Powers in relation to Supplementary Insurance Stamps) Order, 1943.

\n

In Article 2, for the words “the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs to the exclusion of” there shall be substituted “An Post concurrently with”.

\n

S.R. & O. No. 434 of 1943.

\n

Intermittent Unemployment (Supplementary Insurance Stamps) Regulations, 1943.

\n

In the Schedule, under the heading for the Stamp Duties Management Act, 1891— for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to An Post; in the entry for section 18, for the words “he may by warrant under his hand” there shall be substituted “it may, subject to section 69

\n
(8)of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983,”.
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S.R. & O. No. 137 of 1947.

\n

Customs-Free Airport (Customs and Excise) Regulations, 1947.

\n

In regulation 13, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

S.I. No. 170 of 1948.

\n

Infectious Diseases (Shipping) Regulations, 1948.

\n

In regulation 35, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

\n

S.I. No. 320 of 1949.

\n

Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1949.

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In the First Schedule and in paragraph 14 (3) of the Second Schedule, for the words “the Minister's privileges under the Telegraph Acts, 1863-1928” there shall be substituted “the privilege of Bord Telecom Éireann under section 87 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983”.

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S.I. No. 37 of 1957.

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Newspapers (Special Service for Conveyance by Post Office Mail Vans) Warrant, 1957.

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In regulation 3— the words from “‘the Minister’ means” to “Posts and Telegraphs” and the words “with the consent of the Minister for Finance pursuant to the Post Office Act, 1908 ” shall be deleted; for the reference to Post Office mail vans there shall be substituted a reference to mail vans of An Post.

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In regulation 5, for the reference to a Post Office starting point of the mail motor vans there shall be substituted a reference to a starting point designated by An Post for mail motor vans.

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S.I. No. 236 of 1957.

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Savings Certificates (Savings Gift Tokens) Rules, 1957.

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In rule 2 (1), for the words “at a Post Office approved of by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs” there shall be substituted “at an office of An Post approved by the Minister for Finance”.

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In rule 2 (2), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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In rule 3— for the reference to officers of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to officers of An Post; for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister for Finance.

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S.I. No. 128 of 1965.

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Local Elections Regulations, 1965.

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In regulation 33 (6), for the reference to the Post Office date stamp there shall be substituted a reference to the date stamp of An Post.

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S.I. No. 19 of 1966.

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Savings Banks (Disputes) Order, 1966.

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In the Schedule, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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S.I. No. 228 of 1968.

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Trustee Savings Banks Regulations, 1968.

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In regulations 3 and 5, for references to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to the Minister.

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In regulations 7, 8 and 9, for references to the Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of the Department of Finance.

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S.I. No. 67 of 1974.

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Wireless Telegraphy (Wired Broadcast Relay Licence) Regulations, 1974.

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In Article 6 of the Schedule, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann.

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S.I. No. 32 of 1979.

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Misuse of Drugs Regulations, 1979.

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In Article 11, for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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S.I. No. 195 of 1980.

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Telephone Regulations, 1980.

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In regulation 4, in the following definitions— “call office”, for the expression “the Minister”, there shall be substituted “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post, as the case may require”; “certified”, for the words “the Minister or by a duly authorised officer of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs”, there shall be substituted “an officer of Bord Telecom Éireann” and the words “and any such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the matter certified” shall be deleted; for the definition of “coin-box” there shall be substituted: “‘coin-box’ means a receptacle for coins connected to a telephone instrument which is connected to an exchange line provided under an agreement;”; the following definition shall be inserted: “‘fixtures and accessories’ means fixtures and accessories supplied by Bord Telecom Éireann in connection with an exchange line or private telephone circuit supplied by it;”; the definition of “the Minister” shall be deleted.

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At the end of regulation 26 (1), there shall be inserted the following— “provided that the foregoing shall not operate to prevent licensees of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from connecting type-approved apparatus to the connecting point of the telegraphic line supplied by Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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In regulation 54— for “the Minister” there shall be substituted “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post, as the case may require”; for references to “a Post Office” there shall be substituted references to “an office of An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann or of an agent of either company”; for “an officer of the Post Office” there shall be substituted “an officer of An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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S.I. No. 196 of 1980.

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Telegraph (Inland Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980.

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In regulation 3— in the definition of “overnight telegram” for references to the Minister there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post acting as its agent; the definition of “the Minister” shall be deleted.

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In regulation 11, for the reference to the Minister there shall be substituted a reference to Bord Telecom Éireann with the consent of An Post.

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In regulation 22, for “the Secretary of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, Dublin 1,” there shall be substituted “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post, as the case may require”.

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In regulation 25, for the words from “the Minister” to “as he” there shall be substituted “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post acting as its agent and subject to such directions (if any) as it”.

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In regulation 30 (c), for the word “Postmaster” there shall be substituted “officer-in-charge”.

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In regulations 33, 35 and 37, for “the Minister” there shall be substituted “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post, as the case may require”.

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In regulation 40 (3) (b), for the reference to the General Post Office in Dublin there shall be substituted a reference to the registered office of An Post.

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S.I. No. 197 of 1980.

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Telex Regulations, 1980.

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In regulation 4— in the definition of “certified”, for “The Minister” there shall be substituted “an officer of Bord Telecom Éireann”; the following shall be inserted: “‘fixtures and accessories’ means fixtures and accessories supplied by Bord Telecom Éireann in connection with an installation supplied by it;”; the definition of “the Minister” shall be deleted.

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At the end of regulation 13 (2), there shall be inserted the following: “provided that the foregoing shall not operate to prevent licensees of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from connecting type-approved sending and receiving apparatus to the connecting point of a telex line supplied by Bord Telecom Éireann”.

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In regulation 35 (2), there shall be inserted after the word “installation” the words “or sending and receiving apparatus supplied by a licensee of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs”.

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In regulation 36 (1), there shall be inserted after the word “thereof” the words “or sending and receiving apparatus supplied by a licensee of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs”.

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In regulation 36 (2), there shall be inserted after the word “installation” the words “or sending and receiving apparatus supplied by a licensee of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs”.

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S.I. No. 198 of 1980.

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Telegraph (Foreign Written Telegram) Regulations, 1980.

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In regulations 5 (3), 5 (4) (b) and 10, for references to the Minister there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post acting as its agent.

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In regulation 6, for the words “the Department” there shall be substituted “Bord Telecom Éireann or An Post”.

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In regulation 13— for the words “may be” there shall be substituted “which are”; for the words “, recognised for the purposes of these Regulations by the Minister. They” there shall be substituted “to which the Geneva Conventions of 1949 relate”.

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In regulations 15 and 16, for references to the Minister there shall be substituted references to Bord Telecom Éireann with the consent of An Post.

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In Regulation 18 (1), after the word “addressed” there shall be inserted the words “by an authorised representative and only”.

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S.I. No. 8 of 1982.

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Wireless Telegraphy (Personal Radio Licence) Regulations, 1982.

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In regulation 17, for the words “the Minister's privileges under the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1953” there shall be substituted “the privilege of the Minister under section 4 of the Telegraph Act, 1869, or the privilege of Bord Telecom Éireann under section 87 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983”.

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S.I. No. 321 of 1982.

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Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations, 1982.

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In Article 4 (2) (d), for the reference to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, there shall be substituted a reference to An Post.

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