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S.I. No. 476/2003 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 72) Scheme, 2003
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
1. A
“Flat”
is a postal packet with the following dimensions
Save insofar as an item falls within the dimensions of a “POP Letter” as set
out under Table B in the Second Schedule to Scheme No. 69:-
Minimum dimensions
90mm × 140mm, with a tolerance of 2mm.
Maximum dimensions
300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.
2. A
“Packet”
is a postal packet with the following dimensions
Save insofar as an item falls within the dimensions specified at 1 above:-
Minimum dimensions
70mm × 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).
3. 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.
4.
“Deferred Processing”
means sortation at least one business day after the postal packet enters the public postal network.
5.
“Pre-sorted”
mean 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 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. The purpose of this Scheme is to provide a means whereby discounts can be provided to customers of An Post reflecting cost savings associated with processing mail outside the reserved area as defined in the European Communities (Postal Services) Regulations 2002 (
S.I. No. 616 of 2002
).
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
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Dublin Mail Centre only
4. Pre-sorted pre-noon
0.10
0.15
0.11
0.19
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
5. Deferred processing pre-noon
0.04
0.04
0.06
0.06
For the purposes of this table
6. Deferred processing pre-noon, 85% auto-sort
0.19
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0.24
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0.29
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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
0.09
0.13
0.17
For the purposes of this table
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
), hereby makes the following Scheme