Royal Mail Group plc
ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IL1/2006
[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 Letter Post Scheme 2001. This Scheme, which comes into force on 3 April 2006 provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1.
ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND LETTER POST
(AMENDMENT No 19) SCHEME 2006
| Made | 24 March 2006 |
| Coming into operation | 3 April 2006 |
Royal Mail Group plc (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 3 April 2006 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.19) 2006. |
| 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) and the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 18) 2005(u). |
| 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
Paragraphs 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, and 20 of Schedule 1 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following substituted
1. ADMAIL
| Number of Days | Fee |
| (Duration of Agreement) | |
| 30 | £104 |
| 60 | £182 |
| 90 | £234 |
| 180 | £416 |
| 365 | £624 |
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.
| 4. | BUSINESS KEEPSAFE |
The fee for the Business Keepsafe service is £16.65 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.
| 8. | FIRST AND SECOND CLASS POSTAGE RATES |
FIRST CLASS
| Weight | Payment Channels | |||||
| Not Over | ||||||
| (g) | Postage | Prepaid | Pre-paid | Smart | Franked | Printed |
| Stamp | in Cash | Stationery | Stamp | Mark | Postage | |
| Mark | Mark | Mark | Impression | |||
| (p) | (p) | (p) | (p) | (p) | (p) | |
| 60 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
| 100 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 |
| 150 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 66 |
| 200 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 82 |
| 250 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 96 | 96 |
| 300 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 114 | 111 | 111 |
| 350 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 129 | 125 | 125 |
| 400 | 149 | 149 | 149 | 149 | 145 | 145 |
| 450 | 170 | 170 | 170 | 170 | 164 | 164 |
| 500 | 190 | 190 | 190 | 190 | 185 | 185 |
| 600 | 230 | 230 | 230 | 230 | 223 | 223 |
| 700 | 269 | 269 | 269 | 269 | 261 | 261 |
| 750 | 289 | 289 | 289 | 289 | 281 | 281 |
| 800 | 310 | 310 | 310 | 310 | 300 | 300 |
| 900 | 349 | 349 | 349 | 349 | 339 | 339 |
| 1000 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 389 | 377 | 377 |
| Each | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 83 |
| additional | ||||||
| 250g or | ||||||
| part | ||||||
| thereof. |
SECOND CLASS
| Weight | Payment Channels | |||||
| Not Over | ||||||
| (g) | Postage | Prepaid | Pre-paid | Smart | Franked | Printed |
| Stamp | in Cash | Stationery | Stamp | Mark | Postage | |
| Mark | Mark | Mark | Impression | |||
| (p) | (p) | (p) | (p) | (p) | (p) | |
| 60 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
| 100 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 |
| 150 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 49 |
| 200 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 61 |
| 250 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 73 |
| 300 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 86 |
| 350 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 |
| 400 | 121 | 121 | 121 | 121 | 118 | 118 |
| 450 | 139 | 139 | 139 | 139 | 136 | 136 |
| 500 | 155 | 155 | 155 | 155 | 151 | 151 |
| 600 | 178 | 178 | 178 | 178 | 174 | 174 |
| 700 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 196 | 196 |
| 750 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 212 | 207 | 207 |
Please note items heavier than 750g cannot be sent Second Class
9. FLOOR FEES
The fee is £48 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 | £5.55 |
| 18 to 24 days | £8.85 |
| 25 to 31 days | £11.10 |
| 32 to 66 days | £16.65 |
11. PO BOXES
| Box Fee | Early & | Delvery of | Diversion of | |
| Access | letters | letter to PO Box | ||
| 6 months | £45.55 | +£45.55 | +£45.55 | +£45.55 |
| 12 months | £56.15 | +£56.15 | +£56.15 | +£56.15 |
15. RECORDED
The fee is 68p per letter in addition to the First and Second Class postage.
16. REDIRECTION
| Duration | To or from a United Kingdom | To or from a United Kingdom | |
| business address per business | residential address per name | ||
| 1 month | £13.90 | £6.90 | |
| 3 months | £23.25 | £15.10 | |
| 6 months | £46.50 | £23.25 | |
| 12 months | £69.80 | £34.90 | |
| 18. RESPONSE SERVICES | |||
| Service | Annual | Postage | Handling |
| Licence | Charge | ||
| Fee | |||
| Response Services | £68.50 | Applicable First or Second Class | 0.5p |
| Bar-coded | |||
| Response Services | £68.50 | Applicable First or Second Class | None |
| Freepost Name | £166.00 | Weight not over | Price |
| 60g | 41p | None | |
| 100g | 58p | ||
| 150g | 76p | ||
| 200g | 92p | ||
| Over 250g | First Class | ||
| tariff +10p | |||
| Response Service | £71.55 | Applicable Special | None |
| with Special | Delivery Charge | ||
| Delivery | |||
| (including | |||
| maximum | |||
| compensation | |||
| up to £500) | |||
| Response Service | £71.55 | Applicable Special | None |
| with Special | Delivery Charge | ||
| Delivery | |||
| (including | |||
| maximum | |||
| compensation | |||
| up to £1000) | |||
| Response Service | £71.55 | Applicable Special | None |
| with Special | Delivery Charge | ||
| Delivery | |||
| (including | |||
| maximum | |||
| compensation | |||
| up to £2500) | |||
The £68.50 (Response Service and Bar-coded Response Service) and the £71.55 (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.
20. SPECIAL DELIVERY
| Weight not | Fee for maximum | Fee for maximum | Fee for maximum | over | compensation | compensation | compensation |
| up tp | up to | up to | |||||
| £500 | £1,000 | £2,500 | |||||
| 100g | £4.10 | £4.60 | £5.60 | ||||
| 500g | £4.50 | £5.00 | £6.00 | ||||
| 1kg | £5.70 | £6.20 | £7.20 | ||||
| 2kg | £7.40 | £7.90 | £8.90 | ||||
| 10kg | £18.50 | £19.00 | £20.00 |
Signed by: John Rowley for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group plc.
Date: 24 March 2006
| (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) | Belfast Gazette, 29 June 2001, issue number 6257 |
| (e) | Belfast Gazette, 6 July 2001, issue number 6259 |
| (f) | Belfast Gazette, 23 November 2001, issue number 6298 |
| (g) | Belfast Gazette, 28 June 2002, issue number 6363 |
| (h) | Belfast Gazette, 17 January 2003, issue number 6420 |
| (i) | Belfast Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 6451 |
| (j) | Belfast Gazette, 21 November 2003, issue number 6509 |
| (k) | Belfast Gazette, 19 December 2003, issue number 6517 |
| (l) | Belfast Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 6545 |
| (m) | Belfast Gazette, 16 April 2004, issue number 6554 |
| (n) | Belfast Gazette, 24 September 2004, issue number 6599 |
| (o) | Belfast Gazette, 8th October 2004, issue number 6603 |
| (p) | Belfast Gazette, 22nd October 2004, issue number 6607 |
| (q) | Belfast Gazette, 17th December 2004, issue number 6623 |
| (r) | Belfast Gazette, 18th February 2005, issue number 6635 |
| (s) | Belfast Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 6648 |
| (t) | Belfast Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 6648 |
| (u) | Belfast Gazette, 15th July 2005, issue number 6681 |