Post Office

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC SCHEME IL3/2003

[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. The Scheme, which comes into force on 8th May 2003 changes prices of several products set out in Schedule I.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP PLC INLAND LETTER POST (AMENDMENT No 6) SCHEME 2003

Made   2nd May 2003

Coming into operation   8th May 2003

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 8th May 2003 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post (Amendment No. 6) Scheme 2003.
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 2001 and the Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No. 5) Scheme 2001.
3.	A reference in this Scheme to the Successor Postal Services Company shall be read as a reference to Royal Mail Group plc.

   Schedule I Postage Rates and Fees

4.	Paragraphs 3, 8, 18 and 20 of Schedule 1 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following substituted.
3	Business Collection
Number or value of items	Fee
a	Single collection of fewer than 1,000 items	£5.50
or with a postage value of less than £200
b	Single collection of 1,000 items or more	£5.50
or with a postage value of more than £200
c	Regular daily collection before 3pm	£260
(Monday to Friday) from a specific site	per annum
if spending less than £15,000 on postage
with Royal Mail per year at that site.
d	Regular daily collection after 3pm	£460
(Monday to Friday) from a specific site	per annum
if spending less than £15,000 postage
with Royal Mail per year at that site.
e	Regular weekday or weekend collection	Free
from a specific site if spending £15,000
or more on postage with Royal Mail
per year at that site.
f	Regular Saturday collection	£115
per annum
g	Regular Sunday collection	£115
per annum
8	First and Second Class Postage Rates
Weight up to and including	First Class	Second Class
60g	28p	20p
100g	42p	34p
150g	60p	46p
200g	75p	56p
250g	88p	69p
300g	£1.01	80p
350g	£1.15	91p
400g	£1.37	£1.10
450g	£1.56	£1.25
500g	£1.74	£1.42
600g	£2.1 0	£1.68
700g	£2.64	£1.92
750g	£2.83	£2.04*
800g	£3.06
900g	£3.36
1000g	£3.67**
*	Items heavier than 750g cannot be sent Second Class
**	For each additional 250g or part thereof there is an additional charge of 89p for First Class items.
9	Floor Fees
The fee is £46 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.
11	PO Box
Box fee	Early &	Delivery	Diversion of
late access	of letters	letters to PO Box
6 months	£43	+£43	+£43	+£43
12 months	£53	+ £53	+£53	+£53
15	Recorded
The fee is 64p per letter in addition to the First and Second Class postage.
16	Redirection
Duration	To or from a United	To or from a United
Kingdom business address	Kingdom residential
per business name	address per name
1 month	£12.90	£6.45
3 months	£21.60	£14.05
6 months	£43.20	£21.60
12 months	£64.80	£32.40
18	Response Services
Service	Licence Fee	Postage	Handling Charge
Response	£64.80	Applicable	0.5p second
Service	per annum	First or	delivery per letter
Second Class	1p first delivery
option per letter
Bar-coded	£64.80	Applicable	None
response	per annum	First or
Second Class
Freepost	£154.00	35p per letter	None
Name	per annum
The £64.80 licence fee listed above applies where the total number oflicences held by a person does not exceed 10. Thereafter, each additional licence will carry a fee of £35.00.
20	Special Delivery
Weight of letter	Fee for	Fee for	Fee for
maximum	maximum	maximum
compensation	compensation	compensation
up to £250	up to £1,000	up to £2,500
1-100g	£3.75	£4.20	£5.10
Over 100g-500g	£4.05	£4.50	£5.40
Over 500g-1kg	£5.20	£5.65	£6.55
Over 1kg-2kg	£6.55	£7.00	£7.90
Over 2kg-10kg	£18.50	£18.95	£19.85

Signed by Louise Anderson for and on behalf of

Royal Mail Group plc

Date: 2nd May 2003

(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 4th 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)).