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S.I. No. 415/2008 - Inland Post Amendment (No. 79) Scheme 2008
Table of Provisions (12)
Statutory Text (12 Articles)
1. Postal Packet
€5.25€5.75€6.75€9.50€12.00
Up to 100 g250 g500g1 kg2 kg
Registration service provides for compensation up to €320In respect of postal packets sent to an address in Ireland(a) For an additional payment of €4.00, maximum compensation to €1,500(b) For an additional payment of €5.00, maximum compensation to €2,000
FOURTH SCHEDULE POSTAIM SERVICE — RATES OF POSTAGE (€)
More Than 50g
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Description of postal packet
Weight
Limit of Size
Volume
Requirement
2,000
-
75,000
Volume requirement
75,001
-
250,000
Volume
Requirement
250,001
-
500,000
Volume
Requirement
500,000 +
Items posted in the Postaim Service
51 — 100g
(1)*
Minimum dimensions
90mm x 140mm x 0.18 mm.
Maximum dimensions
162mm x 235mm x 5mm.(2)*
Minimum dimensions
90mm x 140mm x 0.18mm.
Maximum dimensions
300 mm x 400 mm x 25mm.(3)*
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 900mm greatest dimension not exceeding 600mm, (In roll form: Length and twice diameter; 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm).*Where a letter falls within more than one of (1), (2) or (3) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.
0.420.691.96
0.400.651.96
0.380.631.96
0.370.631.96
POSTAIM SERVICE — RATES OF POSTAGE (€)
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Description of postal packet
Weight
Limit of Size
Volume requirement
2K
–
75K
Volume
requirement
75,001K +
–
250K
Volume requirement
250K +
–
500K
Volume requirement
500K +
Items posted in the Postaim Service
101 — 250g251 — 500g501 — 1kg101 — 250g251 — 500g501 — 1kg
(1)*
Minimum dimensions
90mm x 140mm x 0.18mm.
Maximum dimensions
300 mm x 400 mm x 25mm.(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, (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm).*Where a letter falls within (1) and (2) above, the category giving the lowest rate of postage shall prevail.
1.041.321.842.503.555.76
1.001.271.752.503.555.76
0.981.241.712.503.555.76
0.981.241.712.503.555.76
GIVEN under the common seal of An Post this 3rd day of March, 2008,
3 March 2008
Present when the Common Seal of An Post was affixed hereto
DONAL CONNELL.
Director
3 March 2008
MICHAEL TYNDALL.
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 3rd day of March, 2008. 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
). It authorises increases in the rates of postage and fees charged for Postaim Services above 50 grammes.
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 x 0.18mm,.
Maximum dimensions
300 mm x 400 mm x 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 x 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, (In roll form: length and twice diameter: 1040mm, greatest dimension not exceeding 900mm) with a tolerance of 2mm.
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. An “
An Post Office of Acceptance
” means those offices designated for the purposes of this Scheme by An Post, in any location.
6. “
Deferred Processing
” means sortation at least one business day after the postal packet enters the public postal network.
7. “
Pre-sorted
” means items pre-sorted according to the required pre-sort specifications supplied from time to time by An Post.
THIRD SCHEDULE REGISTERED POSTAL PACKETS
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Description of item
Charge
Limit of Weight
Maximum Compensation
8. Regulation 9 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.
9. There shall be charged and paid upon postal packets posted to which this Scheme applies the rates specified at Item 1 in the First Column 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 Regulation applies shall bear a prepaid Ceadunas stamp or franking impression approved by An Post.
10. The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Warrant is hereby amended by the substitution for the entries therein contained of the entries in the Third Schedule to this Scheme.
11. The First Schedule to Scheme No. 36 is hereby amended by the substitution of the entries therein contained relating to postal packets weighing more than 50g (as inserted by Regulation 12 of Scheme No. 78) of the entries in the Fourth Schedule to this Scheme.
FIRST SCHEDULE RATES OF POSTAGE
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Description of Postal Packet
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Rate of Postage (€)
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Limit of Size
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Limit of Weight
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Conditions
S.I. No. 415 of 2008
INLAND POST AMENDMENT (No. 79) SCHEME, 2008
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
28
th October
, 2008.
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