S.I. No. 133/1998 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 59) Scheme, 1998.

1. Mailings of more than 10,000 will require an individual pre-sort programme, details of which will be supplied by An Post.

Pre-sorted bundles must be delivered for posting on the day stipulated in the licence, usually within three working days in advance of the commencement of the delivery period. Items will normally be delivered over a period of five working days.

Items for each destination shall be bundled separately (in bundles not exceeding 50 items) and labelled to their destination. All bundles for each separate destination shall be placed in a bag which must also be labelled to the particular destination.

2. Postal packets shall be posted in the Loyalty Mail Service under the terms of any licence in quantities of not less than 10,000 items per mailing and not less than an annual cumulative volume of 100,000 items.

3. Postal packets posted under the Loyalty Mail Service shall be enclosed in sealed envelopes or in plastic covers.

4. Postal packets posted under the Loyalty Mail Service in plastic covers must comply with all the regulations of An Post governing the use of plastic covers.

5. All postal packets posted under the Loyalty Mail Service shall be fully addressed to the addressee and the address of the addressee shall include the postal town. The licence number shall appear in the top right-hand corner on the front of the envelope or the plastic cover. The full postal address of the sender shall appear in the top left hand corner of the front of the envelope or plastic cover.

6. Each postal packet posted under the Loyalty Mail Service shall not weigh more than 500grms.

7. An Post may, at its absolute discretion, suspend, withhold or restrict the Loyalty Mail Service so, however, that no person who has obtained a licence from An Post in accordance with Regulation 8 of this Scheme shall be thereby materially prejudiced.

8. An Post is not a common carrier for any of the purposes of the Loyalty Mail Service.

9. The sender shall indemnify An Post against all loss, damage, claims or demands it may suffer directly or indirectly arising from the distribution by An Post of Loyalty Mail including claims arising from the contents thereof.

10. An Post shall have no liability to any person for any loss or damage suffered by such person arising directly or indirectly from any failure or delay in providing the Loyalty Mail Service.

THIRD SCHEDULE

Industry Categories

Airlines

Mail Order

Banks

Motor Industry

Building Societies

Newspapers

Cable Companies

Retail (Department Store)

Charities

Retail (Supermarket)

Drink

Retail (Other)

Energy

Restaurants

Food

Telecommunications

Hotels

Tour Operator

Insurance

Utilities

GIVEN under the Common Seal of AN POST, this 17th day of April, 1998.

PRESENT when the Common Seal of AN POST was affixed hereto

JOHN HYNES,

Director.

HARRY COOKE,

Secretary.

I, Mary O'Rourke, Minister for Public Enterprise, hereby consent to the provisions of the foregoing Scheme.

MARY O'ROURKE

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of April, 1998.

MARY O'ROURKE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Scheme applies to the Postaim Service and comes into operation on the 1st of March, 1998.

It creates a new form of Postaim, Loyalty Mail, a specialist service designed to facilitate relationship marketing.

S.I. No. 133 of 1998.

INLAND POST AMENDMENT (NO. 59) SCHEME, 1998.

AN POST, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

Section 70

of the

Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983

, (No. 24 of 1983) and with the consent of the Minister for Public Enterprise hereby makes the following Scheme