Post Office

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LTD.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LTD. SCHEME IP 2 / 2008

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the Scheme

The Scheme which follows this note is made under section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and amends the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Parcel Post Scheme 2001. The Scheme, which comes into force on 9th June 2008, relates to size and weight of postal packets.

End of note.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LTD. INLAND PARCEL POST (AMENDMENT NO 13) SCHEME 2008

Made ……………………………………………………………..…6th June 2008

Coming into operation ………………………………………………..9th June 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 and citation

1. This Scheme shall come into operation on 9th June 2008 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group Ltd. Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 13) Scheme 2008.

2. This Scheme shall be read as one with the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Parcel Post Scheme 2001 (c)(hereinafter called “the Scheme”), as amended by the Consignia plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 1) Scheme 2001 (d),

the Consignia Plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 2) Scheme 2001 (e),

the Consignia plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 3) Scheme 2002 (f),

the Consignia plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 4) Scheme 2002(g),

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 5) Scheme 2003 (h),

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 6) Scheme 2003(i),

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 7) Scheme 2004(j)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 8) Scheme 2004(k)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 9) Scheme 2005(l)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 10) Scheme 2006(m)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 11) Scheme 2007(n) and

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No.12),Scheme 2008(o).

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

4. The following text shall be added to Schedule 1 to the Scheme as paragraphs (b) and (c).

(b)   Limits of size on Royal Mail Standard Parcels and Compensation Fee Parcel Service

Not exceeding 1.5m in length with a maximum combined length and girth of 3m. (Girth must be measured around the thickest part).

(c)   Limits of weight on Royal Mail Standard Parcels and Compensation Fee Parcel Service

Not exceeding 20kg.

SIGNED BY Mark Sherborne

for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group Ltd.

6th June 2008

(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, formally called Royal Mail Group plc and before that Consignia plc.

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(c)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 38 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148 (C.37).

(d)Edinburgh Gazette 29/06/2001, issue number: 25040.

(e) Edinburgh Gazette 06/07/2001, issue number: 25044.

(f) Edinburgh Gazette 22/03/2002, issue number: 25188.

(g) Edinburgh Gazette 28/06/02, issue number 25427.

(h) Edinburgh Gazette 16/05/03, issue number 25427.

(i) Edinburgh Gazette 05/12/03, issue number 25543.

(j) Edinburgh Gazette 26/03/2004, issue number 25603.

(k) Edinburgh Gazette 28/05/2004, issue number 25640.

(i) Edinburgh Gazette 01/04/2005, issue number 25812.

(m) Edinburgh Gazette 03/04/2006, issue number 26014.

(n) Edinburgh Gazette 16/03/2007, issue number 26215.

(o) Edinburgh Gazette 01/04/2008, issue number 26430.