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