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S.I. No. 400/2003 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 69) Scheme, 2003
Table of Provisions (11)
Statutory Text (11 Articles)
1. A
“POP Letter”
is a postal packet with the following dimensions
Minimum dimensions
90mm x 140mm, with a tolerance of 2mm.
Maximum dimensions
162mm × 235mm × 5mm.
2. A
“Flat”
is a postal packet with the following dimensions
Save insofar as an item falls within the dimensions specified at 1 above:-
Minimum dimensions
90mm x 140mm, with a tolerance of 2mm.
Maximum dimensions
300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.
3. A
“Packet”
is a postal packet with the following dimensions
Save insofar as an item falls within the dimensions specified at 1 or 2:-
Minimum dimensions
70mm x 100mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 170mm, greatest dimension not less than 100mm).
Maximum dimensions
Length, width and depth combined: 900 mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 600mm, with a tolerance of 2mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm).
4. An
“An Post Office of Acceptance”
means the An Post Delivery Office Dublin 2 and the An Post branch office, designated for the purposes of this Scheme by An Post, in the following locations (and any other location as may from time to time be identified by An Post)
Bray, Castlebar, Cavan, Clonmel, Drogheda, Dundalk, Ennis, Galway Kilkenny, Letterkenny, Limerick, Longford, Naas, Navan, Roscommon, Sligo Tralee, Waterford and Wexford.
5.
“Deferred Processing”
means sortation at least one business day after the postal packet enters the public postal network.
6.
“Pre-sorted”
means items pre-sorted according to the required pre-sort specifications supplied from time to time by An Post.
Given under the common seal of An Post this 29
th
day of August, 2003.
Present when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto
Director
Director
/ Secretary
The Commission for Communications Regulation concurred with the increases in charges set out in this Scheme on the day of August, 2003.
GIVEN under the seal of the Commission for Communications Regulation this 29 day of August, 2003.
For the Commission for Communications 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 30
th
day of August, 2003. It authorises increases in the rates of postage and fees charged for postage of items in the Inland Service for Mail within the reserved area as defined in the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (
S.I. No. 616 of 2002
). It also provides a means whereby discounts can be provided to customers of An Post reflecting cost savings associated with processing mail in the reserved area as defined in the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (
S.I. No. 616 of 2002
).
*
Dublin Mail Centre only
*
Dublin Mail Centre only
*
Dublin Mail Centre only
*
Dublin Mail Centre only
*
Dublin Mail Centre only
*
Dublin Mail Centre only
5. Deferred processing pre-noon
0.02
0.04
0.06
For the purposes of this table
6. Deferred processing pre-noon, 85% auto-sort
0.09
0.12
*
Presentation of in excess of 500 postal packets bearing a franking impression approved by An Post or presentation of in excess of 2000 postal packets bearing a prepaid Ceadunas stamp at the Dublin Mails Centre, the Portlaoise Mails Centre, the Athlone Mails Centre, the Cork Mails Centre or any An Post Office of Acceptance
7. Deferred processing pre-noon, >0% auto-sort
0.05
0.06
For the purposes of this table
8. Scheme No. 60 and Scheme No. 68 are hereby revoked.
9. Regulation 10 of this Scheme applies to postal packets in respect of which agreements are made with An Post in order to achieve cost savings for An Post and the sharing of those cost savings with senders.
10. There shall be charged and paid upon postal packets posted to which this Regulation applies the rates specified at (1) of the First Schedule to the Principal Warrant. Subject to the terms of the agreement agreed by the sender and An Post and this Scheme, a sender shall benefit from the discount per postal packet specified in the Second Schedule to this Scheme. Notwithstanding the provisions of Regulation 10 of the Principal Warrant all postal packets to which this Scheme applies shall bear a prepaid Ceadunas stamp or franking impression approved by An Post.
FIRST 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 8 (4) of the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (
S.I. No. 616 of 2002
), and with the concurrence of the Commission for Communications Regulation to the increases in charges herein made, hereby makes the following Scheme