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ROYAL MAIL GROUP LTD
ROYAL MAIL GROUP LTD SCHEME IL1/2008
[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 7th April 2008, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1.
ROYAL MAIL GROUP LTD INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT No 24) SCHEME 2008
Made……………………………………………….………….…………….…14 March 2008
Coming into operation……………………………….…………………………. 7 April 2008
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 Scheme shall come into operation on 7 April 2008 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.24) 2008.
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),
the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.21) 2006,(x),
the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.22) 2006,(y), and
the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.23) 2007,(z).
3. A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group Ltd.
VARIOUS
Any reference in the Scheme to Royal Mail Group plc shall now be replaced with Royal Mail Group Ltd.
SCHEDULE 1 Postage Rates and Fees
Paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 1 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following substituted
1. ADMAIL
|
Number of Days (Duration of Agreement) |
Fee |
|
30 |
£126 |
|
60 |
£220 |
|
90 |
£285 |
|
180 |
£500 |
|
365 |
£750 |
In addition to the fees listed above, all Admail customers must have a Response Services licence (the cost of which may be found in paragraph 18 below), irrespective of whether they already hold such a licence.
3. BUSINESS COLLECTIONS
|
Number or value of items |
Fee |
|
|
a |
Single collection |
£10.00 |
|
b |
Daily collection (Monday to Friday only) from a specific site if spending less than £15,000 on postage with Royal Mail per year at that site |
£450 per annum |
|
C |
Daily collection from a specific site if spending more than £15,000 on postage with Royal Mail per year at that site |
Free |
|
D |
Regular Saturday collection |
£130 per annum |
4. BUSINESS KEEPSAFE
The fee for the Business Keepsafe service is £28.00 for any period up to a maximum of 66 days. The provision of section 23.4 may apply over the Christmas and Easter periods and on Public or Bank Holidays.
7. DIVERSION
The fee is £249 per annum per address
8. FIRST AND SECOND CLASS POSTAGE RATES
FIRST CLASS
|
Payment Channel (p) |
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|
Format |
Size |
Weight (g) |
Postage Stamp |
Pre-paid Stationery Mark |
Smart Stamp Mark |
Franked Mark |
Printed Postage Impression |
|
Letters |
Maximum 240 x 165mm 5mm thick |
0-100 |
36 |
36 |
36 |
34 |
34 |
|
Large Letters |
Maximum 353 x 250mm 25mm thick |
0-100 |
52 |
52 |
52 |
46 |
46 |
|
101 – 250 |
78 |
78 |
78 |
69 |
69 |
||
|
251 – 500 |
108 |
108 |
108 |
99 |
99 |
||
|
501 –750 |
157 |
157 |
157 |
144 |
144 |
||
|
Packets |
Over 353mm long or 250mm wide or over 25mm thick |
0-100 |
114 |
114 |
114 |
106 |
106 |
|
101 – 250 |
145 |
145 |
145 |
134 |
134 |
||
|
251 – 500 |
194 |
194 |
194 |
168 |
168 |
||
|
501 – 750 |
251 |
251 |
251 |
213 |
213 |
||
|
751 – 1000 |
308 |
308 |
308 |
261 |
261 |
||
|
1001 - 1250 |
430 |
430 |
430 |
365 |
365 |
||
|
1251 - 1500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
427 |
427 |
||
|
1501 – 1750 |
570 |
570 |
570 |
489 |
489 |
||
|
1751 - 2000 |
640 |
640 |
640 |
551 |
551 |
||
|
2001 - 4000 |
822 |
822 |
822 |
739 |
739 |
||
|
Each additional 2kg or part thereof |
280 |
280 |
280 |
252 |
252 |
SECOND CLASS
|
Payment Channel (p) |
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|
Format |
Size |
Weight (g) |
Postage Stamp |
Pre-paid Stationery Mark |
Smart Stamp Mark |
Franked Mark |
Printed Postage Impression |
|
Letters |
Maximum 240 x 165mm 5mm thick |
0-100 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
24 |
24 |
|
Large Letters |
Maximum 353 x 250mm 25mm thick |
0-100 |
42 |
42 |
42 |
37 |
37 |
|
101 – 250 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
56 |
56 |
||
|
251 – 500 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
81 |
81 |
||
|
501 –750 |
131 |
131 |
131 |
117 |
117 |
||
|
Packets |
Over 353mm long or 250mm wide or over 25mm thick |
0-100 |
95 |
95 |
95 |
90 |
90 |
|
101 – 250 |
124 |
124 |
124 |
115 |
115 |
||
|
251 - 500 |
163 |
163 |
163 |
141 |
141 |
||
|
501 - 750 |
208 |
208 |
208 |
176 |
176 |
||
|
751 – 1000 |
249 |
249 |
249 |
211 |
211 |
Please note that items heavier than 1000g cannot be sent Second Class
9. FLOOR FEES
The fee is £100 per annum for each floor that Royal Mail has to travel up or down in addition to the number of floors it would normally travel up or down on collection and delivery.
The fee is waived if the customer spends more than £15,000 per year at that site.
10. KEEPSAFE
|
Retention Period |
Fee (per household) |
|
Up to 17 days |
£8.50 |
|
18 to 24 days |
£12.00 |
|
25 to 31 days |
£15.00 |
|
32 to 66 days |
£28.00 |
11. PO BOXES
|
Box Fee |
Early & Late Access |
Delvery of letters |
Diversion of letters to PO Box |
|
|
6 months |
£48.80 |
+£48.85 |
+£48.85 |
+£48.85 |
|
12 months |
£60.15 |
+£60.20 |
+£60.20 |
+£60.20 |
15. RECORDED
The fee is 72p per letter in addition to the First and Second Class postage.
16. REDIRECTION
|
Duration |
To or from a United Kingdom business address per business name |
To or from a United Kingdom residential address per name |
|
1 month |
£14.85 |
£7.35 |
|
3 months |
£24.90 |
£16.15 |
|
6 months |
£49.80 |
£24.90 |
|
12 months |
£74.75 |
£37.40 |
18. RESPONSE SERVICES
|
Service |
Annual Licence Fee |
Postage |
Handling Charge |
|
Response Services |
£73.40 |
Applicable First or Second Class |
1.5p |
|
Bar-coded Response Services |
£73.40 |
Applicable First or Second Class |
None |
|
Freepost Name |
£177.90 |
Applicable First Class |
10p |
|
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £500) |
£76.65 |
Applicable Special Delivery Charge |
None |
|
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £1000) |
£76.65 |
Applicable Special Delivery Charge |
None |
|
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £2500) |
£76.65 |
Applicable Special Delivery Charge |
None |
The £73.40 (Response Service and Bar-coded Response Service) and the £76.65 (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.
19. SELECTAPOST
|
Fees |
||
|
If delivered to a single point |
If delivered to multiple points |
|
|
Quarterly charge per selection |
£27.60 |
£27.60 |
|
Per 1000 Letters |
£17.70 |
£18.30 |
|
Per 1000 Large Letters |
£26.55 |
£27.15 |
20. SPECIAL DELIVERY
|
Postage Stamp & SmartStamp Fees |
|||
|
Weight not over |
Fee for maximum compensation up to £500 |
Fee for maximum compensation up to £1,000 |
Fee for maximum compensation up to £2,500 |
|
100g |
£4.60 |
£5.35 |
£6.45 |
|
500g |
£5.05 |
£5.80 |
£6.90 |
|
1kg |
£6.40 |
£7.15 |
£8.25 |
|
2kg |
£8.25 |
£9.00 |
£10.10 |
|
10kg |
£20.70 |
£21.45 |
£22.55 |
|
Franked Mail & Printed Postage Impression |
|||
|
Weight not over |
Fee for maximum compensation up to £500 |
Fee for maximum compensation up to £1,000 |
Fee for maximum compensation up to £2,500 |
|
100g |
£4.45 |
£5.20 |
£6.30 |
|
500g |
£4.85 |
£5.60 |
£6.70 |
|
1kg |
£6.05 |
£6.80 |
£7.90 |
|
2kg |
£7.75 |
£8.50 |
£9.60 |
|
10kg |
£19.70 |
£20.45 |
£21.55 |
The 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 Ltd.
Date: 14 March 2008
(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) Edinburgh Gazette, 29th June 2001, issue number 25040
(e) Edinburgh Gazette, 6th July 2001, issue number 25044
(f) Edinburgh Gazette, 23rd November, issue number 25124
(g) Edinburgh Gazette, 28th June 2002, issue number 25246
(h) Edinburgh Gazette, 17 January 2003, issue number 25358
(i) Edinburgh Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 25419
(j) Edinburgh Gazette, 21 November 2003, issue number 25535
(k) Edinburgh Gazette, 19 December 2003, issue number 25551
(l) Edinburgh Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 25603
(m) Edinburgh Gazette, 16 April 2004, issue number 25616
(n) Edinburgh Gazette, 24 September 2004, issue number 25708
(o) Edinburgh Gazette, 8th October 2004, issue number 25716
(p) Edinburgh Gazette, 22nd October 2004, issue number 25724
(q) Edinburgh Gazette, 17th December 2004, issue number 25756
(r) Edinburgh Gazette, 18th February 2005, issue number 25788
(s) Edinburgh Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 25812
(t) Edinburgh Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 25812
(u) Edinburgh Gazette, 15th July 2005, issue number 25873
(v) Edinburgh Gazette, 24th March 2006 issue number 26014
(w) Edinburgh Gazette, 21st April 2006, issue number 26030
(x) Edinburgh Gazette, 9th June 2006, issue number 26058
(y) Edinburgh Gazette, 28th July 2006, issue number 26086
(z) Edinburgh Gazette, 16th March 2007, issue number 26215