Royal Mail Group plc

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IL1/2004

[This note is not part of the Scheme]

Note: The Scheme which follows this Note is made under section 89 to the Postal Services Act 2000 and amends the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. The Scheme, which comes into force on 1 April 2004 changes certain products and their prices.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND LETTER POST
(AMENDMENT NO 9) SCHEME 2004

Made 26 March 2004 Coming into operation 1 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 1 April 2004 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post (Amendment No 9) 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, and the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No 8) Scheme 2003.
3. A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group plc.

Schedule 1 Postage Rates and Fees

4. Paragraphs 8, 15, 16, and 18 of Schedule 1 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following substituted:

8. FIRST AND SECOND CLASS POSTAGE RATES

Weight	First Class	Second Class
Not Over
g	p	p
60	28	21
100	42	35
150	60	47
200	75	58
250	88	71
300	101	83
350	115	94
400	133	114
450	150	130
500	168	148
600	203	175
700	238	200
750	255	212
800	273	n/a
900	310	n/a
1000	345	n/a
Each additional 250g or Part thereof	86	n/a

Please note that items heavier than 750g cannot be sent Second Class

15. RECORDED

The fee is 65p 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	£13.15	£6.55
3 months	£22.00	£14.30
6 months	£44.05	£22.00
12 months	£66.05	£33.00

18. RESPONSE SERVICES

Service	Licence fee	Postage	Handling Charge
Response Service	£64.80 per annum	Applicable First or Second Class	0.5p second delivery per letter 1p first delivery option per letter
Bar-coded Response Service	£64.80 per annum	Applicable First or Second Class	None

Freepost Name	£157 per annum	Weight not over	Price	None
		60g	£0.37
		100g	£0.51
		150g	£0.69
		200g	£0.84
		Over 250g	First class Tariff + £0.09

Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £250)	£67.50 per annum	Applicable Special Delivery Charge	None
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £500)	£67.50 per annum	Applicable Special Delivery Charge	None
Response Service with Special Delivery (including maximum compensation up to £1,000)	£67.50 per annum	Applicable Special Delivery Charge	None

The £64.80 (Response Service and Bar-coded Response Service) and £67.50 (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 £35.
Signed by Timothy Adams 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.
(b) The Post Office Inland Letter Post Scheme 2000 was amended, renamed the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001 and 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 (C.37)).
26 March 2004.