S.I. No. 475/2003 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 71) Scheme, 2003

1. Postal Packet

Up to 100g

3.90

Registration service provides for compensation up to €320.00

101 - 250g

4.40

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

251 - 500g

5.35

501g - 1kg

7.50

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

1kg - 2kg

9.50

Each additional 500g

1.50

THIRD SCHEDULE

Postaim Service - Rates of Postage (€)

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Description of postal packet

Weight

Limit of Size

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

Volume requirement

2,000

-

75,000

75,0001

-

250,000

250,001

-

500,000

500,000+

Items Posted in the Postaim Service

101 - 250g

(1)

*

0.60

0.56

0.54

0.52

251 - 500g

Minimum dimensions

90mm x 140mm, with a tolerance of 2mm. Maximum dimensions: 300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.

1.00

0.95

0.93

0.91

501 - 1kg

Maximum dimensions

300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.

1.50

1.42

1.38

1.34

101 - 250g

(2)

*

1.10

1.02

0.98

0.94

251 - 500g

Minimum dimensions

70mm x 100mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 170mm, greatest dimension not less than 100mm).

1.50

1.42

1.38

1.34

501 - 1kg

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).

3.00

2.84

2.76

2.68

Given under the common seal of An Post this 29

th

day of September, 2003.

Present when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto

Director

Secretary

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 changes the rates of postage for items and certain services outside of the reserved area as defined in the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (

S.I. No. 616 of 2002

).

*

Where a letter falls within (1) and (2) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.

*

Where a letter falls within (1) and (2) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.

*

Where a letter falls within (1) and (2) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.

*

Where a letter falls within (1) and (2) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.

2. 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)

PART I

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Service

Registration

3. In this Scheme, “the Principal Warrant” means the Inland Post Warrant 1939 (

S.I. No. 202 of 1939

) as amended;

“Scheme No. 36” means the Inland Post Amendment (No. 36) Scheme 1986 (

S.I. No. 362 of 1986

);

“Scheme No. 67” means the Inland Post Amendment (No. 67) Scheme 2003 (

S.I. No. 296 of 2003

);

“Scheme No. 69” means the Inland Post Amendment (No. 69) Scheme 2003 (

S.I. No. 400 of 2003

);

“Scheme No. 70” means the Inland Post Amendment (No. 70) Scheme 2003 (

S.I. No. 401 of 2003

).

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 2002 (

S.I. No. 616 of 2002

).

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 7 of Scheme No. 69) 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 7 of Scheme No. 67) 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 6 of Scheme No. 70) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.

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 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