Royal Mail Group plc

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IL4/2006

[This note is not part of the Scheme]

NOTE: The Scheme that follows this Note is made under Section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and amends the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. This Scheme, which comes into force on 21st August 2006 provides notification of changes to services, postage rates and fees as a result of the introduction of Pricing in Proportion.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT No 22) SCHEME 2006

Made	28 July 2006
Coming into operation	21 August 2006
Royal Mail Group plc
(a)	by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by section 89 of the POSTAL SERVICES ACT 2000 (b) and of all other powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:

Commencement, citation and interpretation

1.	This Scheme shall come into operation on 21 August 2006 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.22) 2006.
2.	This Scheme shall be read as one with the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001(c) (hereinafter called “the Scheme”) as amended by the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.1) 2001,(d) the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.2) 2001,(e) the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.3) 2001,(f) the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.4) 2002,(g) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.5) 2002,(h) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.6) 2003,(i) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.7) 2003,(j) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.8) 2003, (k) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.9) 2004, (l) the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.10) 2004.(m), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.11) 2004.(n), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.12) 2004.(o), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.13) 2004 (p), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.14) 2004 (q), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.15) 2005 (r), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.16) 2005 (s), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.17) 2005 (t), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 18) 2005(u), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 19) 2006 (v), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.20) 2006(w) and the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 21) 2006(x).
3.	A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group plc.

Paragraph 16. SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITS

Paragraph 16.2 shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

16.2 There is no restriction on the weight of a letter sent First Class. A letter that exceeds 1kg in weight may not be sent Second Class

Paragraph 51. COMPENSATION FOR A LETTER OTHER THAN A SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER

Paragraph 51.2 shall be deleted and replaced with the following

51.2 The maximum compensation the Post Office will pay is an ordinary letter or its contents are lost or damaged is 100 times the cost of a First Class stamp at its first size and weight step, or the market value of the letter at the time the cause of action arises, whichever is lower.

SCHEDULE 1 Postage Rates and Fees

Paragraphs 8 & 18 of Schedule 1 of the Scheme shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

8. FIRST AND SECOND CLASS POSTAGE RATES

FIRST CLASS

			Payment Channel(p)
Format	Size	Weight(g )	Postage	Pre-paid	Smart Stamp	Franked	Printed
			Stamp	Stationery	Mark	Mark	Postage
				Mark			Impression
Letters	Maximum 240	0-100	32	32	32	30	30
	x 165 mm
	5 mm thick
Large Letters	Maximum 353	0-100	44	44	44	41	41
	x 250 mm	101 – 250	65	65	65	61	61
	25 mm thick	251 – 500	90	90	90	85	85
		501 –750	131	131	131	124	124
Packets	Over 353 mm	0-100	100	100	100	94	94
	long or 250 mm	101 – 250	127	127	127	120	120
	wide or over	251 - 500	170	170	170	160	160
	25 mm thick	501 - 750	220	220	220	207	207
		751 – 1000	270	270	270	255	255
		1001 - 1250	474	474	474	460	460
		Each additional	85	85	85	83	83
		250g or part
		thereof
SECOND CLASS
			Payment Channel(p)
Format	Size	Weight(g )	Postage	Pre-paid	Smart Stamp	Franked	Printed
			Stamp	Stationery	Mark	Mark	Postage
				Mark			Impression
Letters	Maximum 240	0-100	23	23	23	21	21
	x 165 mm
	5 mm thick
Large Letters	Maximum 353	0-100	37	37	37	33	33
	x 250 mm	101 – 250	55	55	55	49	49
	25 mm thick	251 – 500	75	75	75	68	68
		501 –750	109	109	109	98	98
Packets	Over 353mm long	0-100	84	84	84	79	79
	or 250 mm	101 – 250	109	109	109	102	102
	wide or over	251 - 500	139	139	139	131	131
	25 mm thick	501 - 750	177	177	177	163	163
		751 – 1000	212	212	212	195	195

Please note that items heavier than 1000g cannot be sent Second Class

18. RESPONSE SERVICES

Service	Annual Licence Fee	Postage	Handling Charge
Response Services	£68.50	Applicable First or Second Class	1p
Bar-coded Response Services	£68.50	Applicable First or Second Class	None
Freepost Name	£166.00	Applicable First Class	10p
Response Service with Special Delivery	£71.55	Applicable Special Delivery Charge	None

(including maximum compensation up to £500)

Response Service with Special Delivery

£71.55

Applicable Special Delivery Charge

None

(including maximum compensation up to £1000)

Response Service with Special Delivery

£71.55

Applicable Special Delivery Charge

None

(including maximum compensation up to £2500)

The £68.50 (Response Service and Bar-coded Response Service) and the £71.55 (Special Delivery) licence fees listed above apply where the total number of licences held by a person does not exceed 10. Thereafter, each additional licence will carry a fee of £36.50.

SCHEDULE 2 Definitions of Terms Used in this Scheme

The current definition of ‘LETTER’ shall be deleted and replaced with the following with effect from 29 April 2006.

LETTER

Any postal packet other than a postal packet posted, conveyed, delivered or otherwise dealt with using a parcel service.

For the purposes of assessing postage rates, Letters are separated into three categories as follows:

1.	Letter
	Where the size of the letter does not exceed 240mm x 165mm and 5mm in thickness.
2.	Large Letter
	Where the size of the letter does not exceed 353mm x 250mm and 25mm in thickness
3.	Packet
	Any item which is more than 25mm in thickness, or longer than 353mm or wider than 250mm, or heavier than 750g, but is less than the maximum dimensions as defined in Paragraph 16.

Signed by: John Rowley for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group plc.

Date: 28th July 2006

(a)	Royal Mail Group plc (a company registered in England and Wales under number 4138203) is a universal service provider as defined in section 4(3)(a) of the Postal Services Act 2000. Royal Mail Group plc is the successor postal services company referred to in article 37(1) of the Postal Service Act 2000. (Commencement No.4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148 (C.37)). It changed its name from Consignia plc on 4 November 2002.
(b)	2000 c26
(c)	The Post Office Inland Letter Scheme 2000 was amended, renamed the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001and treated as made under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 by the article 37 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No.4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148(C37))
(d)	Belfast Gazette, 29 June 2001, issue number 6257
(e)	Belfast Gazette, 6 July 2001, issue number 6259
(f)	Belfast Gazette, 23 November 2001, issue number 6298
(g)	Belfast Gazette, 28 June 2002, issue number 6363
(h)	Belfast Gazette, 17 January 2003, issue number 6420
(i)	Belfast Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 6451
(j)	Belfast Gazette, 21 November 2003, issue number 6509
(k)	Belfast Gazette, 19 December 2003, issue number 6517
(l)	Belfast Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 6545
(m)	Belfast Gazette, 16 April 2004, issue number 6554
(n)	Belfast Gazette, 24 September 2004, issue number 6599
(o)	Belfast Gazette, 8th October 2004, issue number 6603
(p)	Belfast Gazette, 22nd October 2004, issue number 6607
(q)	Belfast Gazette, 17th December 2004, issue number 6623
(r)	Belfast Gazette, 18th February 2005, issue number 6635
(s)	Belfast Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 6648
(t)	Belfast Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 6648
(u)	Belfast Gazette, 15th July 2005, issue number 6681
(v)	Belfast Gazette, 24th March 2006 issue number 6752
(w)	Belfast Gazette, 21st April 2006, issue number 6760
(x)	Belfast Gazette, 9th June 2006, issue number 6774