S.I. No. 61/1999 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 60) Scheme, 1999

1. Qualifying postal packets shall be posted for delivery within the State, at a designated mail access point or collected by An Post by prior arrangement. Mailings shall be presented in trays, cages or mail bags as per the agreed specification notified to the sender from time to time.

2. The minimum qualifying volume is 2,000 items per each unique posting event all originating from a single sender.

3. The normal posting days will be Monday to Friday unless by special arrangement between the customer and An Post. Postal packets shall be available for collection before 11.00 a.m. or presented at the designated access point by 12 noon. Postings after 12 noon may be accepted as Early Presentation mail for the following working day.

4. Postal packets shall be of similar size, weight and general specification. All postal packets must be “Mailmover Compliant” details of which shall be supplied to the sender and varied by An Post, from time to time, with a minimum OCR read rate of 85%. Postal Packets of above C5 size which are otherwise “Mailmover Compliant” are qualifying postal packets for the purposes of this Scheme.

5. Early Presentation rebates shall only apply to prepaid Ceadúnas mail.

6. All postal packets shall be sealed and the return address of the sender shall appear on the top left corner on the address side of each postal packet. Undelivered postal packets shall be delivered to the return address free of any additional postal charges.

7. Postal packets shall be faced and segmented between “Local” and “Forward”. secured and presented in trays (or exceptionally mail bags) and cages as agreed with An Post.

8. A rebate of 2 pence per item for qualifying postal packets shall apply.

9. Early Presentation arrangements must be agreed in writing between the sender and An Post in advance of any postings.

10. Any postal packets which qualify for a rebate under the First Schedule to this Scheme shall not qualify for a rebate under this schedule.

GIVEN under the Common Seal of An Post, this 25th day of February, 1999.

Present when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto

JOHN HYNES,

Director.

MICHAEL TYNDALL,

Secretary.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of this Scheme is to provide a means whereby rebates can be paid to customers of An Post who comply with the criteria herein for Early Presentation/Pre-Sortation of mail.

11. Only postal packets which would otherwise be charged and paid under the rates specified at (1) in the First Schedule to the Principal Warrant shall qualify for rebates under this Scheme

FIRST SCHEDULE

Pre-Sortation — Standard Terms and Conditions

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), hereby makes the following Scheme