Post Office

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IL2/2004

[This Note is not part of the Scheme]

NOTE: The Scheme which follows this Note is made under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and amends the Successor Postal Service Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. The Scheme, which comes into force on 16 April 2004, adds a fee to the Prepaid in Cash product.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND LETTER POST SCHEME 2004

Made   16 April 2004

Coming into operation   16 April 2004

Royal Mail Group plc(a) by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 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 16 April 2004 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post (Amendment No.10) Scheme 2004.
2.	This Scheme shall be read as one with the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001(b) (hereinafter called “the Scheme”) as amended by the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.1) Scheme 2001, the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.2) Scheme 2001, the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.3) Scheme 2001, the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.4) Scheme 2002, the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.5) Scheme 2002, the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.6) Scheme 2002, the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.7) Scheme 2003, the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.8) Scheme 2003 and the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.9) Scheme 2004.
3.	A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group plc.

Part 3 Special Conditions

4.	Paragraph 30.4 of Part 3 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following substituted:
	“30.4 The fee for the Prepaid in Cash service is 20% of the postage payable on letters sent using this service.”

Signed by John Rowley

for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group plc

(Footnotes)

(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 Services Act 2000 (Commencement No.4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148 (C.37)). It has changed its name from Consignia plc on 4 November 2002.

(b) The Post Office Inland Parcel Post Scheme 1989 was amended, renamed the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Parcel Post Scheme 2001 and treated as made under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 by article 37 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148 (C.37)).