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S.I. No. 93/2007 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 77) Scheme 2007
Table of Provisions (10)
Statutory Text (10 Articles)
1. A
“Letter”
is a postal packet with the following dimensions
Minimum dimensions
90mm × 140mm × .18mm, 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 × 140mm × .18mm, with a tolerance of 2mm.
Maximum dimensions
300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.
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.
“Pre-sorted”
means items pre-sorted according to the approximately 152 pre-sort selections specified from time to time by An Post
THIRD SCHEDULE
POSTAIM SERVICE - RATES OF POSTAGE (€) Up to 50g
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
Column 7
Description of postal packet
Weight
Limit of Size
Volume Requirement
Volume Requirement
Volume Requirement
Volume Requirement
2,000
75,001
250,001
500,000+
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-
-
75,000
250,000
500,000
Items posted in the Postaim Service
up to 10g
Minimum dimensions
90mm × 140 mm × 0.18mm, with a tolerance of 2 mm.
0.34
0.32
0.31
0.30
Maximum dimensions
162mm × 235 mm × 5 mm.
(1)✱
up to 50g
Minimum dimensions
0.36
0.34
0.32
0.31
90mm × 140mm × 0.18mm, with a tolerance of 2mm.
Maximum dimensions
162mm × 235 mm × 5 mm.
(2)✱
Minimum dimensions
0.63
0.61
0.59
0.59
90mm × 140mm × 0.18mm, with a tolerance of2mm.
Maximum dimensions
300 mm × 400 mm × 25mm.
(3)✱
Minimum dimensions
1.86
1.86
1.86
1.86
70mm × 100mm × 25mm (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 2 mm (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm) with a tolerance of 2mm.
✱Where a letter falls within more than one of (1), (2) or 3 above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.
Given under the common seal of An Post this 28 day of Feb 2007.
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 28 day of Feb 2007.
Given under the seal of the Commission for Communications Regulation this 28 day of Feb 2007.
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 1
st
day of March 2007. It authorises increases in the rates of postage and fees charged for the 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 for changes in certain discounts, which are 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) with effect from the 1
st
day of March 2007. It authorises increases in the rates of postage and fees charged for Postaim Services up to 50 grammes.
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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. An
“An Post Mail Centre”
means the Dublin Mail Centre, the Portlaoise Mail Centre, the Athlone Mail Centre or the Cork Mail Centre.
5.
“Auto-sort”
means sortation by An Post's automated sorting equipment.
6.
“Deferred Processing”
means sortation at least one business day after the postal packet enters the public postal network.
TABLE B
Non-machinable Postal Packets
The postal packets to which this table applies shall bear a prepaid Ceadunas stamp or franking impression approved by An Post.
Non-Machinable Postal Packets
Workshare Discount (€)
Type of Postal Packet
Letter
Flat
Weight
<50g
<50g
Presentation of in excess of 2000 postal packets at an An Post Mail Centre
5. An
“An Post Mail Centre”
means the Dublin Mail Centre, the Portlaoise Mail Centre, the Athlone Mail Centre or the Cork Mail Centre.
TABLE C
Postal Packets
Postal Packets
Workshare Discount (€)
Type of Postal Packet
Letter
Flat
Weight
<50g
<50g
Presentation of 2000 postal packets at an An Post Office of Acceptance
6. Deferred processing pre-noon, 85% auto-sort
0.13
0.19
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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 an An Post Office of Acceptance
7. Deferred processing pre-noon, >0% auto-sort
0.09
0.09
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These workshare discounts are off the specified franked and ceadúnas prices in the First Schedule.
For the purposes of this table
8. The Second Schedule to Scheme No. 69 (as amended by Scheme No. 74) is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained of the entries in the Second Schedule to this Scheme.
9. The First Schedule to Scheme No. 36 is hereby amended by the substitution of the entries therein contained relating to postal packets weighing up to 50g (as inserted by Regulation 6 of Scheme No. 76) of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.
FIRST SCHEDULE
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
(1)✱
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
S.I. No. 93 of 2007
INLAND POST AMENDMENT (NO. 77) SCHEME 2007.
S.I. No. 93 of 2007.
Inland Post Amendment (No. 77) Scheme, 2007.
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