Royal Mail
POST OFFICE SCHEME L1/1998
Note: The Scheme which follows this note has been made under section 28 of the Post Office Act 1969 and amends the Post Office Inland Letter Post Scheme 1989. The Scheme, which comes into operation on 12th October 1998, makes various amendments to the registered and Special Delivery services.
(This note is not part of the Scheme).
THE POST OFFICE INLAND LETTER POST AMENDMENT (NO. 11) SCHEME 1998
Made - - - - 2nd October 1998 Coming into operation 12th October 1998 The Post Office, by virtue of the powers conferred on it by section 28 of the Post Office Act 1969 and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme: 1. Commencement and Citation (i) This Scheme shall come into operation on 12th October 1998 and may be cited as the Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No. 11) Scheme 1998. (ii) This Scheme shall be read as one with the Post Office Inland Letter Post Scheme 1989 (Post Office Scheme L1/1989) (hereinafter called “the Scheme”). 2. Interpretation In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of the Scheme the words “express packet means a packet sent by the Special Delivery service set out in paragraph 24” shall be deleted. In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of the Scheme the words “Registered Packet means a packet sent by the registered service set out in paragraph 34” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery packet means a packet sent by the Special Delivery service set out in paragraph 34. Special Delivery is a brand name which the Post Office uses to denote the type of service previously provided by the Registered post service. Any reference in any legislation or legal document to “Registered Post” or “the Registered Service” shall be taken to be a reference to Special Delivery as it is the same service in all material particulars.” shall be inserted in their place. In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 of the Scheme the words “Registered Plus means a form or registered service where a higher fee is paid and maximum compensation payable is increased” shall be deleted. 3. Application In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 4 of the Scheme the words “as a Special Delivery packet” shall be added after the word “registration”. 4. Express Delivery Paragraph 24 shall be deleted. 5. Recorded Delivery In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 25 of the Scheme the words “any unregistered postal packet (other than an express packet)” shall be deleted and “any postal packet that is not a Special Delivery packet” shall be inserted in their place. In sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 25 of the Scheme the words “If an unregistered postal packet” shall be deleted and “If a packet not registered as a Special Delivery packet” shall be inserted in their place. 6. Response Services with Special Delivery A new paragraph 27 of the Scheme shall be added as follows: “27 (1) The Post Office may grant a licence to a person who wishes to invite others to post Special Delivery packets to him or his agent subject to such conditions as the Post Office may think fit. 27(2) The terms and conditions of such a licence shall be the same as those set out in paragraph 36 provided that no such response packets may be posted otherwise than at a Post Office unless otherwise agreed with the Post Office. 27(3) Unless otherwise agreed with the Post Office, the conditions applying to such packets shall be the same as those set out in paragraphs 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38 and Schedule 4 Part II of the Scheme”. 7. Redirection by the public In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 28 of the Scheme the words “An express” shall be deleted and “A Special Delivery” shall be inserted in their place. In sub-paragraph (3)(a) of paragraph 28 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” shall be inserted in its place. Sub-paragraph (3)(c) of paragraph 28 of the Scheme shall be deleted. 8. Packets for which the Post Office accepts liability In sub-paragraph (7) of paragraph 33 of the Scheme the word “registration” shall be deleted and the words “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. 9. Part VII In part VII the title “REGISTRATION” shall be deleted and “SPECIAL DELIVERY” inserted in its place. 10. Registration In part VII the sub-title “Registration” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 34 of the Scheme the number “30” shall be deleted and “10” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 34 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 34 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 34 of the Scheme the words “the registered or either of the Registered Plus” shall be deleted and “any of the Special Delivery” inserted in their place. 11. Conditions as to registered packets In the sub-title for paragraph 35 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In paragraph 35 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. 12. Receipts for registered packets In the sub-title for paragraph 36 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In paragraph 36 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and ”Special Delivery” inserted in its place. 13. Compulsory registration In the sub-title of paragraph 37 of the Scheme the word “registration” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 37 of the Scheme shall be deleted and the following inserted in its place. “If any postal packet having written or impressed on it (or on its envelope or cover) the word “Special Delivery”, or any other word, phrase or mark conveying the impression that the packet is a Special Delivery packet or is intended to be set via Special Delivery, is found in the post or left at a Post Office, and the packet has not been marked as Special Delivery by the Post Office, it shall be marked as Special Delivery (whether or not it is eligible as a Special Delivery packet under paragraph 34(1)), and may be detained for that purpose at any Post Office through which it passes.” In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 37 of the Scheme the words “an unregistered” shall be deleted and “a” inserted after “where” and “which has not been sent by Special Delivery” inserted after packet. In sub-paragraph (2)(h) of paragraph 37 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “sent by the Special Delivery service” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (2)(h) of paragraph 37 of the Scheme the word “for registration” shall be deleted and “as a Special Delivery packet” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 37 of the Scheme the word “registration” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. 14. Compensation for registered packets In the sub-title for paragraph 38 the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 38 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 38 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 38 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. 15. Compensation for certain other postal packets In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 39 of the Scheme the words “registered packet, an express packet” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery packet,” shall be inserted in their place. 16. Compensation for express packets Paragraph 40 of the Scheme shall be deleted. 17. Registered postal packets to and from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man In the sub-title the word “Registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 51 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” shall be inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 51 of the Scheme the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” shall be inserted in its place. In sub-paragraph (2)(b) of paragraph 51 of the Scheme the word “registration” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” shall be inserted in its place. 18. Postal Facilities In Schedule 3 paragraph 3 the words “a registered or express” shall be deleted. In the note to Schedule 3 paragraph 7(b) the word “registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” shall be inserted in its place. In Schedule 3 paragraph 11 the words “registered postal packets and express packets” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” shall be inserted in their place. 19. Express and registered postal packets In the title of Schedule 4 the words “express and registered” shall be deleted and “Special Delivery” inserted in their place. In Schedule 4 Part 1 the table containing the rates of postage and compensation limits shall be deleted and the following inserted in its place.
| Maximum | £250 | £1,000 | £2,500 |
| Compensation | |||
| Weight Band | |||
| 1 to 100g | 3.20 | 3.50 | 4.55 |
| over 100 to 500g | 3.50 | 3.80 | 4.85 |
| over 500 to 1kg | 4.60 | 4.90 | 5.95 |
| over 1kg to 2kg | 5.85 | 6.15 | 7.20 |
| over 2kg to 10kg | 13.50 | 13.80 | 14.85 |