S.I. No. 632/2002 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 63) Scheme, 2002.

1. Letter

41c per item

Maximum dimensions

162mm x 235mm with a tolerance of 2mm

Minimum dimensions

90mm x 140mm with a tolerance of 2mm

Or in the precise terms laid down by the Company

50g

A letter upon which no part, or a part only, of the postage thereon is prepaid shall be forwarded charged with the amount of the deficient postage plus a handling charge of 63c

(2)

Not exceeding 50g .........47c

Exceeding 50g but not exceeding 100g ...........60c

Exceeding 100g but not exceeding 250g ........ 92c

Exceeding 250g but not exceeding 350g (a)......... 149c

Exceeding 250g but not exceeding 350g (b).......... 160c

Maximum dimensions

Length, 610mm,

width, 460mm,

depth, 460mm. In roll form, length and

twice diameter, 990mm,

greatest dimension, 810mm

Minimum dimensions

Length, 100mm,

width, 70mm. In roll form, length and

twice diameter, 170mm,

greatest dimension, not less than 100mm.

The minimum dimensions do not apply in relation to letters which bear a rectangular address label of cardboard or strong paper of which the dimensions are not less than 100mm by 70mm.

(a) This rate applies to flats which are defined as items exceeding 250g but not exceeding 350g with maximum dimensions: Length 400mm, Width 300mm, Depth 25mm.

(b) This rate applies to packets exceeding 250g but not exceeding 350g which do not fall within the flats definition.

2. Postcard

41c

Maximum dimensions

Length, 235mm

Width, 162mm.

with a tolerance of 2mm.

Minimum dimensions

Length, 140mm

Width, 90mm.

with a tolerance of 2mm.

25g

A postcard upon which no part, or a part only, of the postage payable thereon is prepaid shall be forwarded charged with the amount of the deficient postage plus a handling fee of 63c

3. Literature and Articles for the Blind

Transmission without charge

As for item 1 (2) in this column

7kg

Given under the common seal of An Post this 20

th

day of September 2002

Present when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto

Director

Director/Secretary

I, ETAIN DOYLE, Director of Telecommunications Regulation concurred with the increases in charges set out in this Scheme on the 28

th

day of March 2002.

GIVEN under my Seal this 12 day of Nov 2002

ETAIN DOYLE

Director of Telecommunications Regulation

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Scheme applies to the Inland Post Service and shall be operative from the 2nd day of April 2002. It authorises increases in the rates of postage and fees charged for postage of items in the Inland Service for Standard Mail within the reserved area as defined in European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2000 (S.I.310 of 2000).

4. All rates and charges payable upon letters and postal packets in this Scheme pertain to postal packets within the “reserved area” as defined by the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 310 of 2000).

5. Words defined in the Principal Warrant shall have the same meaning in this Scheme.

6. The First Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained (inserted by Regulation 12 of Scheme No. 57) of the entries in the Schedule to this Scheme.

7. Regulation 5 of the Warrant of 1953 (inserted by Regulation 12 of the Warrant of 1974, as amended by Regulation 11 of the Warrant of 1981) is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “and, in addition to postage, a fee of one new penny shall also be charged”.

8. Regulation 6 (b) of Scheme No. 34 is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “and, in addition, a fee of one new penny per item shall also be charged”.

SCHEDULE

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Description of Postal Packet

Rate of Postage

Limit of Size

Limit of Weight

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) as amended by Regulation 4(1) of the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2000 (

S.I. No. 310 of 2000

), and with the concurrence of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation to the increases in charges herein made hereby makes the following Scheme