Post Office

Royal Mail Group Limited

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED SCHEME IL2/2012

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 amends the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. This amendment to the Scheme, which comes into force on 2 April 2012, provides notification of minor changes.

ROYAL MAIL GROUP LIMITED INLAND LETTER POST SCHEME (AMENDMENT NO 34) SCHEME 2012

Made………………………………………………..30th March 2012

Coming into operation………………………………2nd April 2012

Royal Mail Group Ltd(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 amendments to the Scheme:

Commencement, citation and interpretation

1.  This amendment to the Scheme shall come into operation on 2 April 2012 and may be cited as the Royal Mail Group Limited Inland Letter Post Scheme (Amendment No.34) 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)

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

Part 2: General Conditions

Paragraph 10.6 shall be amended and paragraph 10.7 added so as to read as follows:

10.6 A Printed Postage Impression (PPI) Mark maybe used to demonstrate payment of postage for an item to be conveyed by any of the postal services provided under this scheme provided that the Sender has entered into an agreement with Royal Mail.

10.7 PPI items must be separated by class, format and service and presented to Royal Mail in Royal Mail supplied trays, bags, pouches or other containers supplied by it.

Part 5: Liability and Compensation

Paragraph 51.7 shall be amended so as to remove references to metered mail and include instead references to franked mail in all cases.

Schedule 1

Under paragraph 8 of this Schedule the first and second class postage rates shall be amended to include a further column at the far right of each table and which is marked “PPI” mail (which shall be understood to mean the account payment channel).

Under the same paragraph it will also be stated underneath the first and second class postage rate tables, “Please note that where the Sender has entered into an agreement with Royal Mail for the payment of postage on account, a minimum annual spend of £5000 will be required by Royal Mail.”

Schedule 3

Paragraph 2 shall be amended so as to delete the reference to Royal Mail retail “products” and to refer to these from now on as “services”. Additionally the references at paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 to “stamped and meter” will now be amended to read:

“First Class stamped, franked and account mail” (Paragraph 2.1) and

“Second Class stamped, franked and account mail” (Paragraph 2.2).

Paragraph 5 shall remove the reference to paragraph 4 of Condition 2 of the Licence and now the paragraph shall read:

“In respect of claims for the loss of Postal packets conveyed to those addresses designated by Royal Mail’s regulator as exempted from a daily delivery obligation, the assessment of lateness in paragraph 4 shall apply on a case by case basis.”

Paragraph 7 shall be amended:

at Paragraph 7.1.3 in order to refer to an additional method of postage which shall be “PPI with account”

at Paragraph 7.1.10 to read as follows: “a copy of the Posting Cheque or Sales Order where applicable”

Signed by Victoria Kubie for and on behalf of Royal Mail Group Limited

Date: 30th March 2012

(a) Royal Mail Group Ltd (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 Ltd 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 to Royal Mail Group plc and to Royal Mail Group Ltd on 2nd April 2007.

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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) Edinburgh Gazette, 29th June 2001, issue number 25040

(e) Edinburgh Gazette, 6th July 2001,issue number 25044

(f) Edinburgh Gazette, 23rd November, issue number 25124

(g) Edinburgh Gazette, 28th June 2002, issue number 25246

(h) Edinburgh Gazette, 17 January 2003, issue number 25358

(i) Edinburgh Gazette, 2 May 2003, issue number 25419

(j) Edinburgh Gazette, 21 November 2003, issue number 25535

(k) Edinburgh Gazette, 19 December 2003, issue number 25551

(l) Edinburgh Gazette, 26 March 2004, issue number 25603

(m) Edinburgh Gazette, 16 April 2004, issue number 25616

(n) Edinburgh Gazette, 24 September 2004, issue number 25708

(o) Edinburgh Gazette, 8th October 2004, issue number 25716

(p) Edinburgh Gazette, 22nd October 2004, issue number 25724

(q) Edinburgh Gazette, 17th December 2004, issue number 25756

(r) Edinburgh Gazette, 18th February 2005, issue number 25788

(s) Edinburgh Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 25812

(t) Edinburgh Gazette, 1st April 2005, issue number 25812

(u) Edinburgh Gazette, 15th July 2005, issue number 25873

(v) Edinburgh Gazette, 24th March 2006 issue number 26014

(w) Edinburgh Gazette, 21st April 2006, issue number 26030

(x) Edinburgh Gazette, 9th June 2006, issue number 26058

(y) Edinburgh Gazette, 28th July 2006, issue number 26086

(z) Edinburgh Gazette, 16th March 2007, issue number 26215

(aa) Edinburgh Gazette, 14th March 2008, issue number 26419

(bb) Edinburgh Gazette, 29th July 2008, issue number 26498

(cc) Edinburgh Gazette, 27th March 2009, issue number 26608

(dd) Edinburgh Gazette, 23rd October 2009, issue number 26699

(ee) Edinburgh Gazette, 29th January 2010, issue number 26740

(ff) Edinburgh Gazette, 19th March 2010, issue number 26761

(gg) Edinburgh Gazette, 3rd December 2010, issue number 26874

(hh) Edinburgh Gazette, 21st January 2011, issue number 26893

(ii) Edinburgh Gazette 25th March 2011 issue number 26921

(jj) Edinburgh Gazette 6th January 2012 issue number 27038

(kk) Edinburgh Gazette 30th March 2012 issue number 27075