Royal Mail Group Limited

SUCCESSOR POSTAL SERVICES COMPANY OVERSEAS LETTER POST SCHEME 2001

NOTE: [This note is not part of the Scheme]

The amendment to the Scheme that follows this Note is made under Section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and amends the Successor Postal Services Company Overseas Letter Post Scheme 2001. This amendment to the Scheme, which comes into force on 6 April 2010, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in the Schedules and minor other amendments.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED. OVERSEAS LETTER POST SCHEME 2009 (AMENDMENT No. 17) OLPS 1/2010.

Made………………………….………….………………2nd April 2010

Coming into operation…………………………….…….. 6th April 2010

Royal Mail Group Ltd(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 amendment to the Scheme shall come into operation on 6 April and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group Ltd Overseas Letter Post Amendment (No. 17) Scheme 2010.
2.	This amendment to the Scheme shall be read as one with the Successor Postal Services Company Overseas Letter Post Scheme 2001(c) (referred to as “the Scheme”) as amended by: the Consignia plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 1) 2001(d), the Consignia plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 2) 2001(e), the Consignia plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 3)(f), the Consignia plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 4) 2002(g), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 5) 2002(h), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 6) 2003(i), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 7) 2003(j), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 8) 2003(k), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 9) 2004(l), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 10)(m), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 11)(n), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 12)(o), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 13)(p), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 14)(q), the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 15)(r) and the Royal Mail Group plc Overseas Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 16)(s).
3.	A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group Ltd.
Paragraph 9. AEROGRAMMES

Indents (a) and (b) shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

(a) on every Airletter sold singly postage of 79p, on every pack of 6 Airletters postage of £3.99, on every pictorial Airletter sold singly postage of 79p.

(b) on every Forces Airletter, postage of 41p.

Paragraph 37A. COMPENSATION FOR AIRSURE PACKETS, AIRSURE PACKS, INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR PACKETS AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR PACKS

The maximum compensation limit at sub paragraph (1b) shall be deleted and replaced with £41.00.

Paragraph 40. INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPONS

The reference to £1.10 shall be deleted and replaced by a reference to £1.40

Paragraph 42A

Paragraph 42A shall be deleted and replaced by the following provisions:

42A. LOCAL COLLECT

(1) Local Collect is a service whereby Royal Mail delivers a letter to a post office for collection by the addressee. There are two types of Local Collect, one requested by the addressee set out in 42A.2, and one requested by the sender set out in 42A.(3) and (4).

(2) An addressee may request Royal Mail to deliver a parcel to a Post Office® branch within the same delivery area as the addressee’s address if Royal Mail has been unable to effect delivery at the addressee’s address. The addressee must pay the fee set out in Schedule 3 to this Scheme on collecting the parcel. If the addressee does not pay this fee, Royal Mail may treat the parcel in accordance with Section 14 of this Scheme.

(3) A.3 Businesses wishing to use the Local Collect service must purchase and use LC004 labels to designate that the parcel which is subject to Local Collect may be sent directly to a Post Office ® branch for collection by the addressee.

(4) A.4 The fees payable for LC004 labels are set out in or referred to in Schedule 3 to this Scheme.

SCHEDULE 1

Paragraph 5

The contents of the schedule shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following provisions:

Rates of Postage on Airmail and Surface Mail Letters and Postcards (other than Small Packets and Printed Papers).

Part 1

Rates of Postage under paragraph 5(1)

Airmail Letters To Europe

Weight not over	Stamped Mail/	Franked Mail/
Smartstamp	Account Mail
10g	£0.60	£0.59
20g	£0.60	£0.59
40g	£0.88	£0.86
60g	£1.14	£1.12
80g	£1.39	£1.37
100g	£1.65	£1.62
120g	£1.92	£1.89
140g	£2.19	£2.15
160g	£2.46	£2.41
180g	£2.73	£2.68
200g	£2.97	£2.91
220g	£3.22	£3.16
240g	£3.47	£3.40
260g	£3.71	£3.65
280g	£3.94	£3.88
300g	£4.19	£4.12
Each additional 20g
or part thereof (up to
a weight of 500g)	£0.16	£0.16
Each additional 20g
or part thereof (up to
a weight of 1kg)	£0.17	£0.17
Each additional 20g
or part thereof (up to
a weight of 2kg)	£0.15	£0.15
Postcard	£0.60	£0.59

Part 2

Rates of Postage under paragraph 5(2)

Airmail Letters To Rest Of The World

Weight not over	Stamped Mail/	Franked Mail/
Smartstamp	Account Mail
10g	£0.67	£0.65
20g	£0.97	£0.95
40g	£1.46	£1.44
60g	£1.98	£1.94
80g	£2.51	£2.47
100g	£3.04	£2.99
120g	£3.54	£3.48
140g	£4.08	£4.00
160g	£4.60	£4.52
180g	£5.12	£5.05
200g	£5.64	£5.57
220g	£6.15	£6.07
240g	£6.62	£6.55
260g	£7.12	£7.05
280g	£7.59	£6.52
300g	£8.04	£7.97
Each additional 20g
or part thereof (up to
a weight of 500g)	£0.29	£0.29
Each additional 20g
or part thereof (up to
a weight of 1kg)	£0.26	£0.26
Each additional 20g
or part thereof (up to
a weight of 2kg)	£0.25	£0.25
Postcard	£0.67	£0.65
Part 3

Rates of Postage under paragraph 5(3)

Surface Mail Letters to Rest of World only

Weight not over
20g	£0.58
60g	£1.00
100g	£1.41
150g	£1.99
200g	£2.54
250g	£3.11
300g	£3.65
350g	£4.20
400g	£4.76
450g	£5.31
500g	£5.86
550g	£6.41
600g	£6.96
650g	£7.51
700g	£8.06
750g	£8.62
800g	£9.16
850g	£9.72
900g	£10.26
950g	£10.80
1000g	£11.36
1050g	£11.91
1100g	£12.47
1150g	£13.01
1200g	£13.57
1250g	£14.11
1300g	£14.66
1350g	£15.21
1400g	£15.77
1450g	£16.32
1500g	£16.87
1550g	£17.41
1600g	£17.96
Each additional 50g or
part thereof (up to a
weight of 2kg)	£0.46
Postcard	£0.58
SCHEDULE 2

The contents of the schedule shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following provisions:

Paragraph 10

Other Rates of Postage

Part 1

Rates of postage under paragraph 10(1)

Airmail Printed Paper and Airmail Small Packets to Europe

Weight not over	Postage Stamped	Franked Mail/
Mail/Smartstamp	Account Mail
10g	£1.31	£1.29
20g	£1.31	£1.29
40g	£1.31	£1.29
60g	£1.31	£1.29
80g	£1.31	£1.29
100g	£1.31	£1.29
120g	£1.42	£1.39
140g	£1.57	£1.54
160g	£1.70	£1.67
180g	£1.85	£1.79
200g	£1.98	£1.92
220g	£2.12	£2.06
240g	£2.24	£2.18
260g	£2.37	£2.31
280g	£2.51	£2.45
300g	£2.65	£2.59
Each 20g thereafter or
part thereof (up to a
maximum weight of 500)	£0.12	£0.12
Each 20g thereafter or
part thereof (up to a
maximum weight of 1kg)	£0.11	£0.11
Each additional 20g or
part thereof (up to a
maximum weight of 5kg)*	£0.10	£0.10

*Books and pamphlets only over 2kg.

Airmail Printed Paper and Airmail Small Packets to Rest Of The World

Weight not over	Postage Stamped	Franked Mail/Printed
Mail/Smartstamp	Postage Impression
10g	£1.82	£1.79
20g	£1.82	£1.79
40g	£1.82	£1.79
60g	£1.82	£1.79
80g	£1.82	£1.79
100g	£1.82	£1.79
120g	£2.10	£2.05
140g	£2.38	£2.34
160g	£2.65	£2.59
180g	£2.93	£2.88
200g	£3.20	£3.14
220g	£3.46	£3.40
240g	£3.71	£3.65
260g	£3.96	£3.90
280g	£4.22	£4.16
300g	£4.47	£4.40
Each 20g thereafter or
part thereof (up to a
maximum weight of 500)	£0.24	£0.24
Each 20g thereafter or
part thereof (up to a
maximum weight of 1kg)	£0.22	£0.22
Each additional 20g or
part thereof (up to a
maximum weight of 5kg)*	£0.22	£0.22

*Books and pamphlets only over 2Kg.

Part 2

Rates of postage under paragraph 10(2)

Surface Mail Printed Papers and Small Packets to Europe and the Rest of the World

Weight not over
20g	£0.99
60g	£0.99
100g	£0.99
150g	£1.32
200g	£1.66
250g	£2.00
300g	£2.32
350g	£2.65
400g	£3.00
450g	£3.33
500g	£3.65
550g	£3.99
600g	£4.33
650g	£4.65
700g	£4.99
750g	£5.32
800g	£5.66
850g	£5.98
900g	£6.32
950g	£6.66
1000g	£6.98
1050g	£7.32
1100g	£7.65
1150g	£7.98
1200g	£8.32
1250g	£8.65
1300g	£8.98
1350g	£9.31
1400g	£9.65
1450g	£9.98
1500g	£10.31
1550g	£10.65
1600g	£10.98
Each additional 50g or
part thereof (up to a
weight of 2kg)	£0.28
Each additional 50g or
part thereof (up to a
weight of 5kg)	£0.28

*Books and pamphlets only over 2Kg.

SCHEDULE 3

The contents of the schedule shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following provisions:

Paragraph 6

Postal packets for transmission to those persons mentioned in paragraphs 6(1)(i) or (ii)

To all British Forces Post Offices

Format	Size	Weight not over	Rate of Postage
(g)	(£)
Letters	Max 240x165mm	0-100	41p
5mm thick
Large	Max 353x250mm	0-100	66p
Letters	25mm thick	101-250	96p
251-500	132p
501-750	187p
Packets	Over 353mm long	0-100	139p
or 250mm wide or	101-250	172p
over 25mm thick	251-500	224p
501-750	275p
751-1000	335p
1001-1250	450p
1251-1500	520p
1501-1750	590p
1751-2000	660p
2. Postcards	41p
3. Recorded	The fee is 74p per letter in addition to the postage rates	(Signed For)	set out above
SCHEDULE 7

The contents of the schedule shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following provisions:

Subject to the conditions outlined in Paragraphs 30, 32A and 37A.

Airsure packets, Airsure packs, International Signed For packets and International Signed For packs — fees and compensation levels

Part 1	Airsure packets (available to destinations determined from time to time by Royal Mail)
Fee:	£4.90, inclusive of compensation not exceeding £41.
Fee for additional	£2.50, for compensation not exceeding £250 or not
compensation:	exceeding £500, depending on destination.
Part 2	Airsure packs, C4 size prepaid up to 300g (available to European destinations determined from time to time by Royal Mail )
Fee:	£6.90, inclusive of compensation not exceeding £41.
Fee for additional	£2.50, for compensation not exceeding £250 or not
compensation:	exceeding £500, depending on destination.
Part 3	Airsure packs, C4 size prepaid up to 300g (available to destinations outside Europe determined from time to time by Royal Mail )
Fee:	£8.60, inclusive of compensation not exceeding £41.
Fee for additional	£2.50, for compensation not exceeding £250 or not
compensation:	exceeding £500, depending on destination.
Part 4	International Signed For packets (available to destinations determined from time to time by Royal Mail)
Fee:	£4.25, inclusive of compensation not exceeding £41.
Fee for additional	£2.50, for compensation not exceeding £250 or not
compensation:	exceeding £500, depending on destination.
Part 5	International Signed For packs, C4 size prepaid up to 300g to European destinations (available to European destinations determined from time to time by Royal Mail)
Fee:	£7.55, inclusive of compensation not exceeding £41.
Fee for additional	£2.50, for compensation not exceeding £250 or not
compensation:	exceeding £500, depending on destination.
Part 6	International Signed For packs, C4 size prepaid up to 300g to destinations outside Europe (available to destinations outside Europe determined from time to time by Royal Mail)
Fee:	£9.35, inclusive of compensation not exceeding £41
Fee for additional	£2.50, for compensation not exceeding £250 or not
compensation:	exceeding £500, depending on destination
SCHEDULE 8
Paragraph 10(4)

The contents of the schedule shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following provisions:

AIRPACKS FEES

Fee
C3 size, prepaid up to 500g to all destinations	£6.85
C3 size, prepaid up to 500g to European Destinations	£3.85
C4 size, prepaid up to 300g to all destinations	£4.45
C4 size, prepaid up to 300g to European Destinations	£2.65
SCHEDULE 10

The contents of the schedule shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following provisions:

Paragraph 34

Special Delivery Packets for Transmission through a British Forces Post Office or to a British Forces Post Office Numbered Address through an ordinary Post Office – Compensation Fees and Maximum Compensation

Compensation not exceeding £500	Fee, including postage
Weight not over 100g	£5.05
Weight not over 500g	£5.50
Weight not over 1,000g	£6.70
Weight not over 2,000g	£8.65
Compensation not exceeding £1,000	Fee, including postage
Weight not over 100g	£5.90
Weight not over 500g	£6.25
Weight not over 1,000g	£7.55
Weight not over 2,000g	£9.50
Compensation not exceeding £2,500	Fee, including postage
Weight not over 100g	£7.60
Weight not over 500g	£8.05
Weight not over 1,000g	£9.25
Weight not over 2,000g	£11.20
SCHEDULE 11A
Paragraph 42A

The contents of the schedule shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced by the following provisions.

Local Collect

For Businesses, the LC004 ARE £1 each per parcel.

The fee payable by the addressee requesting the service is £1.50 per parcel.

Signed by: David Dale for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group PLC

Date: 2nd April 2010

(a)	Royal Mail Group Ltd., (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 Ltd., 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)). Royal Mail Group Ltd., was formerly known as Royal Mail Group plc and before that Consignia plc.
(b)	2000 c26
(c)	The Post Office Overseas Letter Scheme 2000 was amended, renamed the Successor Postal Services Company Overseas Letter Post Scheme 2001and treated as made under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 by the article 37(1) 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, 17 August 2001, issue number 6271
(f)	Belfast Gazette, 14 December 2001, issue number 6305
(g)	Belfast Gazette, 28 June 2002, issue number 6363
(h)	Belfast Gazette, 28 October 2002, issue number 6396
(i)	Belfast Gazette, 11 April 2003, issue number 6445
(j)	Belfast Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 6451
(k)	Belfast Gazette, 3 October 2003, issue number 6495
(l)	Belfast Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 6545
(m)	Belfast Gazette, 5 April 2005, issue number 6648
(n)	Belfast Gazette, 24th March 2006, issue number 6752
(o)	Belfast Gazette, 2nd June 2006, issue number 6770
(p)	Belfast Gazette, 28th July 2006, issue number 6788
(q)	Belfast Gazette, 16th March 2007, issue number 6854
(r)	Belfast Gazette, 28th March 2008, issue number 6964
(s)	Belfast Gazette, 27th March 2009, issue number 7070