S.I. No. 296/2003 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 67) Scheme 2003

1. Postal Packet

0-50g (POP)............................................................ ..

€3.51

Registration service provides for compensation up to €320.00.

0-50g (non-POP)......................................................

€3.57

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

€3.70

For an additional payment of €2.00 compensation up to €1250.00 can be provided for.

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

€4.02

Exceeding 250g but not exceeding 500g Flat..............

€4.59

For an additional payment of €3.00 compensation up to €1750.00 can be provided for.

Exceeding 250g but not exceeding 500g Packet..........

€4.70

Exceeding 500g but not exceeding 1kg Flat.................

€5.60

Exceeding 500g but not exceeding 1kg Packet............

€7.35

Exceeding 1kg but not exceeding 1.5kg......................

€8.60

Exceeding 1.5 kg but not exceeding 2kg.....................

€10.10

Each additional 500g..................................................

€1.35

THIRD SCHEDULE

Postaim Service - Rates of Postage (€)

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Description of postal packet

Weight

Size

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

2,000

–

10,000

10,0001

–

25,000

25,0001

–

50,000

50,0001

–

75,000

75,0001

–

100,000

100,0001

–

250,000

250,0001

–

500,000

500,000+

Items Posted in the Postaim Service

350 - 500g

Maximum dimensions

Length 400 mm, Width 300mm, Depth 25mm.

0.96

0.93

0.91

0.88

0.86

0.84

0.83

0.82

Up to 600g

1.24

1.21

1.19

1.16

1.14

1.12

1.11

1.10

Up to 700g

Up to 800g

Up to 900g

Up to 1kg

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.

Maximum dimensions

Length, 610mm, width, 460mm, depth, 460mm. In roll form, length and twice diameter, 990mm, greatest dimension, 810mm.

1.44

1.65

1.86

2.06

1.42

1.63

1.83

2.03

1.39

1.60

1.81

2.01

1.37

1.58

1.78

1.98

1.34

1.55

1.76

1.96

1.33

1.54

1.75

1.94

1.32

1.53

1.73

1.93

1.30

1.51

1.72

1.92

GIVEN under the Common Seal of An Post this 10

th

day of July 2003.

Present when the common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto

JOHN HYNES

Director

MICHAEL TYNDALL

Secretary

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Scheme applies to the Inland Post service and comes into operation on the 2

nd

day of April 2002. It changes the rates of postage for items and services outside of the “reserved area “ as defined by the European Communities (Postal Services Regulations 2000 (S.I. 310 of 2000).

2. This Scheme shall be operative with effect from the 2

nd

day of April 2002.

3. Literature and articles for the blind.

Transmission without charge.

As for item 1 in this column.

-7kg.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Registered Postal Packets (within the State)

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Service

Registration

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

S.I. No. 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 addition to the entries therein contained (as inserted by Regulation 6 of Scheme No. 63) of the entries in the First Schedule to this Scheme.

7. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained (as inserted by Regulation 18 of Scheme No. 57) of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Scheme.

8. The First Schedule to Scheme No. 36 is hereby amended by the addition to the entries therein contained (as inserted by Regulation 13 of Scheme No. 47 and Regulation 21 of Scheme No. 57) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme. In the event that there is a conflict between a rate payable in accordance with the entries inserted in Scheme No. 36 by Regulation 13 of Scheme No. 47 and Regulation 21 of Scheme No. 57 and a rate payable in accordance with those inserted by this Regulation, this Regulation and the entries contained in the Third Schedule to this Scheme shall prevail.

9. 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”.

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

FIRST SCHEDULE

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Description of Postal Packet

Rate of Postage

And W-eight Limits

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 Act 1983 (No. 24 of 1983) as amended by regulation 8 (4) of the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (

S.I. No. 616 of 2002

) hereby makes the following Scheme