British Postal Agencies (Commonwealth and Foreign Parcel Post) Warrant, 1958
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1958/830 |
1958 No. 830
The British Postal Agencies (Commonwealth and Foreign Parcel Post) Warrant, 195814thMay 1958
22ndMay 1958
1stJune 1958
We, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by virtue of the powers given to us by sections 5, 8, 11, 15 and 81 of the Post Office Act, 1953(a) and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, do, by this Warrant, made on the representation of Her Majesty's Postmaster-General (testified by his signing the same), and under the hands of two of us the said Commissioners, order, direct, and declare as follows:—
Interpretation
1.—(1) In this Warrant, except so far as the contrary is provided or the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:
"the Act" means the Post Office Act, 1953;
(a) 1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36.
"air parcel" means an outgoing parcel conveyed or intended to be conveyed at the request of the sender through any part of its course in the post by an air mail service;
" bullion" means uncoined and unmanufactured metal;
"coin" means coin (whether or not current), except such as is used or designed for purposes of ornament;
"incoming" means received in a British postal agency through the post;
"jewellery" means:—
(a) gold, silver or platinum or other precious metal in a manufac-factured state (that is to say, a state in which value is added to the raw material by skilled workmanship), and in this definition are included any coins used or designed for purposes of ornament;
(b) diamonds and precious stones;
(c) watches, the cases of which are entirely or mainly composed of gold, silver or platinum or other precious metal; and
(d) any article of a like nature which, apart from workmanship, has an intrinsic or marketable value;
"outgoing" means posted in a British postal agency;
"parcel" means a postal packet which is posted as a parcel in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant or any Warrant amending or replacing the same, or is received in a British postal agency from any other place by parcel post;
"postal arrangement" means an arrangement made by Her Majesty or by the Postmaster-General with respect to the conveyance by post of parcels between the country or place in which a British postal agency is situated and any other country or place, or between other places through a British postal agency.
(2) Any reference in this Warrant to the provisions of any enactment warrant or regulations shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, as a reference to those provisions as amended re-enacted or replaced by any subsequent enactment warrant or regulations.
(3) The Interpretation Act, 1889(a), applies to the interpretation of this Warrant as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Application
2. The provisions of this Warrant shall apply exclusively to parcels transmitted by post in either direction between a British postal agency and any other place (including another British postal agency), being parcels in respect of which a postal arrangement has been made.
Rates of postage
3.—(1) There shall be charged and paid on outgoing parcels (except air parcels) such rates of postage as the Postmaster-General may fix not exceeding forty rupees per parcel up to a maximum weight of twenty-two pounds.
(2) There shall be charged and paid on outgoing air parcels such rates of postage as the Postmaster-General may fix not exceeding twenty-six rupees per pound or thirteen rupees per half pound or fractional part of a pound or half pound (as the case may be) up to a maximum weight of twenty-two pounds.
(3) The Postmaster-General shall publish from time to time in such manner as he may consider expedient the several rates of postage payable under this Warrant.
(a) 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
(4) The rates of postage in respect of outgoing parcels to which this Warrant applies which have been fixed and published under regulation four of the British Commonwealth and Foreign Parcel Post Warrant, 1950(a) shall continue in force until superseded by rates fixed under this regulation, and shall take effect as if they had been fixed and published under this regulation.
Delivery
4.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, there shall be charged on an incoming parcel and paid by the addressee on its delivery the amount of any deficient postage and any fees and charges which are payable in respect of the parcel under the law or regulations of the country or place in which the British postal agency is situated or any country or place from or through which the...
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