ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IP1/2004

[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 Services Company Inland Parcel Post Scheme 2001. The Scheme, which comes into force on 1st April 2004, revises certain postal charges and compensation provisions.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND PARCEL POST (AMENDMENT NO. 7) SCHEME 2004

Made;26th March 2004

Coming into operation;1st 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 and citation

1.	This Scheme shall come into operation on 1st April 2004 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 7) Scheme 2003.
2.	This Scheme shall be read as one with the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Parcel Post Scheme 2001(b) (hereinafter called “the Scheme”), as amended by the Consignia plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 1) Scheme 2001 (c), the Consignia Plc Inland Parcel Posts (Amendment No. 2) Scheme 2001 (d), the Consignia plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 3) Scheme 2002 (e), the Consignia plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 4) Scheme 2002(f), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 5) Scheme 2003 (g), the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Parcel Post (Amendment No. 6) Scheme 2002(h).
3.	A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group plc.
Rates of Postage

There shall be substituted the following for Schedule 1 to the Scheme:

“Schedule 1

Paragraphs 5 and 10

Rates of postage and limits of size and weight

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Description of	Rates of	Limits of size	Limits of weight
postal packet	postage
Parcels
(a) Weight not exceeding 1kg	£3.46	Save as Royal	Not exceeding
		Mail Group plc	20kg
		may allow in
		(b) – Greatest
		length 1.5m
Weight exceeding 1kg but	£4.45	- Greatest length
not exceeding 1.5kg		and girth
Weight exceeding 1.5kg but	£4.78	combined 3m
not exceeding 2kg		(the girth to be
Weight exceeding 2kg but	£7.20	measured around
not exceeding 4kg		the thickest part)
Weight exceeding 4kg but	£7.86
not exceeding 6kg
Weight exceeding 6kg but	£8.96
not exceeding 8kg
Weight exceeding 8kg but	£9.62
not exceeding 10kg
Weight exceeding 10kg but	£11.21
not exceeding 20kg
(b) Where Royal Mail Group
plc allows transmission of a
parcel which exceeds the size
limits shown in paragraph
(a), such rate as Royal Mail
Group plc may fix, having
regard to the size”
Compensation Fees

There shall be substituted the following for Schedule 4 Part I of the Scheme

P art I

Parcel Compensation fee and maximum compensation.

Column 1	Column 2
Compensation fee	Maximum compensation
(in addition to postage)	payable
£0.50	£100
£1.15	£250
£2.25	£500

Mark Sherborne for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group plc

Date: 26th March 2004

(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.
(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 38 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148 (C.37)).
(c)	Belfast Gazette 29/06/2001, issue number: 6257.
(d)	Belfast Gazette 06/07/2001, issue number 6259.
(e)	Belfast Gazette 22/03/2002, issue number: 6333
(f)	Belfast Gazette 28/06/2002, issue number 6363
(g)	Belfast Gazette 16/05/2003, issue number 6455
(h)	Belfast Gazette 05/12/2003, issue number 6513