Post Office

Royal Mail Group Plc

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IL2/2006

[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 12 June 2006 provides notification of changes to the Special Delivery service.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT No 21) SCHEME 2006

Made………………….………….…………………………………………………………..9 June 2006

Coming into operation..………….…………………………………………………………12 June 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 12 June 2006 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.21) 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) and the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.20) 2006(w).

3.  A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group plc.

4. Paragraph 40. SPECIAL DELIVERY

Add sub-paragraph 40.14:

40.14.  A Saturday guaranteed delivery service is available for an additional fee. This service is available only where a next day Special Delivery service exists. It is not available where Special Delivery items are scheduled to take more than one working day to reach their destination. The Saturday guaranteed delivery service is not be available for any delivery address that is a Bank, a Building Society, a Travel Agent, a Jeweller or a Post Office.

5. Schedule 1. Postage Rates and Fees.

Delete Paragraph 20 shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

20. SPECIAL DELIVERY

Weight of letter	Fee for maximum compensation up to £500	Fee for maximum compensation up to £1,000	Fee for maximum compensation up to £2,500
1-100g	£4.10	£4.60	£5.60
Over 100g – 500g	£4.50	£5.00	£6.00
Over 500g – 1kg	£5.70	£6.20	£7.20
Over 1kg – 2kg	£7.40	£7.90	£8.90
Over 2kg – 10kg	£18.50	£19.00	£20.00

The fee for Saturday guaranteed delivery service is £2 in addition to the fees shown above

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

(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.

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(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) The Edinburgh Gazette, 29 June 2001, issue number 25040

(e) The Edinburgh Gazette, 6 July 2001, issue number 25044

(f) The Edinburgh Gazette, 23 November, issue number 25124

(g) The Edinburgh Gazette, 28 June 2002, issue number 25246

(h) The Edinburgh Gazette, 17 January 2003, issue number 25358

(i) The Edinburgh Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 25419

(j) The Edinburgh Gazette, 21 November 2003, issue number 25535

(k) The Edinburgh Gazette, 19 December 2003, issue number 25551

(l) The Edinburgh Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 25603

(m) The Edinburgh Gazette, 16 April 2004, issue number 25616

(n) The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 September 2004, issue number 25708

(o) The Edinburgh Gazette, 8 October 2004, issue number 25716

(p) The Edinburgh Gazette, 22 October 2004, issue number 25724

(q) The Edinburgh Gazette, 17 December 2004, issue number 25756

(r) The Edinburgh Gazette, 18 February 2005, issue number 25788

(s) The Edinburgh Gazette, 1 April 2005, issue number 25812

(t) The Edinburgh Gazette, 1 April 2005, issue number 25812

(u) The Edinburgh Gazette, 15 July 2005, issue number 25873

(v) The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 March 2006 issue number 26014

(w) The Edinburgh Gazette, 21 April 2006, issue number 26030

9 June 2006.