Post Office

Royal Mail Group Limited

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED SCHEME IL4/2012

NOTE: [This note is not part of the Scheme]

The amendment to the Scheme that follows this Note is made under Section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (as amended by the Postal Services Act 2011) and makes a correction to the most previously published version of the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. This version of the Scheme contains the correct 2nd class prices that came into force on 30th April 2012.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT NO. 36) (CORRECTION) SCHEME 2012

Made……………………………………………….………….……………………………………………………………...................4th May 2012

Coming into operation……………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………30th April 2012

Royal Mail Group Limited1 by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by section 89 of the Postal Services Act 20002 and of all other powers enabling it including those under Schedule 12, paragraph 23(2) of the Postal Services Act 2011, hereby makes the following correction to the existing Scheme:

Commencement, citation and interpretation

1.  This amendment to the Scheme shall come into operation on 30th April 2012 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group Limited Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.36) (Correction) 2012.

2.  This amendment to the Scheme shall be read as one with the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001(c) (referred to as “the Scheme”) as previously 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)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.18) 2005,(u)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.19) 2006,(v)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.20) 2006,(w)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.21) 2006,(x)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.22) 2006,(y)

the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.23) 2007,(z)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.24) 2008,(aa)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.25) 2008,(bb)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.26) 2009,(cc)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.27) 2009,(dd)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.28) 2010,(ee)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.29) 2010,(ff)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.30) 2010,(gg)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No.31) 2011,(hh)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 32) 2011,(ii)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 33) 2012,(jj)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 34) 2012,(kk)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme Amendment (No. 35) 2012,(ll)

the Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No. 36) (Correction) 2012,(mm)

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

Schedule 1

Postage Rates and Fees

The table at Paragraph 8 for Second Class rates shall be corrected as follows:

SECOND CLASS

Payment Channel
Format	Size	Weight (g)	Postage Stamp	Online Postage Mark	Smart Stamp Mark	Franked Mark	PPI
Letters	Maximum 240 x 165mm 5mm thick	0-100	50p	50p	50p	31p	33p
Large Letters	Maximum 353 x 250mm 25mm thick	0-100	69p	69p	69p	53p	57p
101 – 250	£1.10	£1.10	£1.10	76p	80p
251 – 500	£1.40	£1.40	£1.40	£1.01	£1.05
501 –750	£1.90	£1.90	£1.90	£1.43	£1.47
Packets	Over 353mm long or 250mm wide or over 25mm thick	0-750	£2.20	£2.20	£2.20	£1.92	£2.05
751 – 1000	£3.50	£3.50	£3.50	£2.54	£2.70

Signed by Mark Waples for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group Limited

Date: 4th May 2012

1 Royal Mail Group Limited (a company registered in England and Wales under number 4138203) has been designated as a universal service provider under paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 9 of the Postal Services Act 2011. Royal Mail Group Limited 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). Royal Mail Group Limited was formerly known as Royal Mail Group plc and before that Consignia plc

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(c) The Post Office Inland Letter 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(1) of the Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No.4 and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001 (2001/1148(C37))

(d) Belfast Gazette, 29th June 2001, issue number 6257

(e) Belfast Gazette, 6th July 2001, issue number 6259

(f) Belfast Gazette, 23rd November 2001, issue number 6298

(g) Belfast Gazette, 28th 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

(v) Belfast Gazette, 24th March 2006 issue number 6752

(w) Belfast Gazette, 21st April 2006, issue number 6760

(x) Belfast Gazette, 9th June 2006, issue number 6774

(y) Belfast Gazette, 28th July 2006, issue number 6788

(z) Belfast Gazette, 16th March 2007, issue number 6854

(aa) Belfast Gazette, 14th March 2008, issue number 6960

(bb) Belfast Gazette, 25th July 2008, issue number 7000

(cc) Belfast Gazette, 27th March 2009, issue number 7069

(dd) Belfast Gazette, 30th October 2009, issue number 7133

(ee) Belfast Gazette, 29th January 2010, issue number 7158

(ff) Belfast Gazette, 19th March 2010, issue number 7172

(gg) Belfast Gazette, 3rd December 2010, issue number 7249

(hh) Belfast Gazette, 21st January 2011, issue number 7262

(ii) Belfast Gazette April 2011 issue number 7283

(jj) Belfast Gazette 6th January 2012 issue number 7363

(kk) Belfast Gazette 2nd April 2012 issue number 7388

(ll) Belfast Gazette 13th April 2012 issue number 7392

(mm) Belfast Gazette 4th May 2012 issue number 7398