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S.I. No. 117/2006 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 74) Scheme 2006
Table of Provisions (16)
Statutory Text (16 Articles)
1. Postal Packet
€4.50
Up to 100 g
Registration service provides for compensation up to €320.00.
€5.00
250 g
In respect of postal packets sent to an address in Ireland
(a) For an additional payment of €4.00, maximum compensation to €1,500.00.
€6.00
500g
(b) For an additional payment of €5.00, maximum compensation €2,000.
€8.50
1 kg
€10.50
1.5 kg
€10.50
2 kg
Given under the common seal of An Post this 20th day of February 2006.
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 20
th
day of February, 2006. It changes the rates of postage for items weighing more than 50g and entry conditions for certain discount postal services. It provides for changs in certain discounts with effect from 20
th
March, 2006.
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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
*Dublin Mail Centre only
*Dublin Mail Centre only
*Dublin Mail Centre only
*Dublin Mail Centre only
*Dublin Mail Centre only
*Dublin Mail Centre only
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 × 140mm × .18mm.
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 × 100mm × 25 mm (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) with a tolerance of 2mm.
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.
SIXTH SCHEDULE
REGISTERED POSTAL PACKETS
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Description of item
Charge
Limit of Weight
Maximum Compensation
Conditions
5. Deferred processing pre-noon
0.02
0.06
0.13
For the purposes of this table
6. Deferred processing pre-noon, 85% auto-sort
0.09
0.18
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Presentation of in excess of 350 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
0.09
For the purposes of this table
8. Table B of the Schedule to Scheme No. 69 is hereby amended by the substitution for the entry in the second, third and fourth column of the entry “<50g”for the entry “<100g”.
9. Regulations 4 and 5 of Scheme No. 69 are hereby repealed.
10. Scheme No. 72 is hereby repealed.
11. Table A of the Schedule to Scheme 69 is hereby amended by the addition to the entries therein contained of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Scheme.
12. Table B of the Schedule to Schedule 69 is hereby amended by the addition to the entries therein contained of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.
13. With effect from the 20
th
March, 2006 Table A of the Second Schedule to Scheme No. 69 is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained relating to items weighing <50g of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme.
14. With effect from the 20
th
March, 2006 Table B of the Second Schedule to Scheme No. 69 is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained relating to items weighing <50g of the entries in the Fifth Schedule to this Scheme.
15. The Fifth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained of the entries in the Sixth Schedule to this Scheme.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
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RATES OF POSTAGE.
Col. 1
Description of Postal Packet
Col. 2
Rate of Postage (€)
Col. 3
Limit of Size
Col. 4
Limit of Weight
Col. 5
Conditions
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
S.I. No. 117 of 2006
INLAND POST AMENDMENT (NO. 74) SCHEME 2006.
S.I. No. 117 of 2006.
Inland Post Amendment (No. 74) Scheme, 2006.
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