SHOW MENUPost Office Inland Letter Post Schemes 1989-2012
In 1989 the general Inland Post Scheme was split into two, one for letters and one for parcels (in advance of the rebranding of Royal Mail Parcels as Parcelforce in 1990).
| Date | Scheme | Preamble |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 (2 Oct) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Scheme 1989 (link) |
The Scheme which follows this note has been made under section 28 of the Post Office Act 1969 and will come into operation on 2nd October 1989, when it will replace: (a) the Post Office Inland Post Scheme 1979 (Post Office Scheme PI/1979) and (b) the following schemes which amended that scheme, that is to say, the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 1) Scheme 1979 (Post Office Scheme PS/1979), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 2) Scheme 1980 (Post Office Scheme PI/1980), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 3) Scheme 1980 (Post Office Scheme P6/1980), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 4) Scheme 1981 (Post Office Scheme PI/1981), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 5) Scheme 1981 (Post Office Scheme PS/1981), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 6) Scheme 1981 (Post Office Scheme PI 1/1981), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 7) Scheme 1981 (Post Office Scheme P12/1981), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 8) Scheme 1981 (Post Office Scheme PIS/1981), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 9) Scheme 1982 (Post Office Scheme PI/1982), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 10) Scheme 1983 (Post Office Scheme PI/1983), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 11) Scheme 1983 (Post Office Scheme P3/1983), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 12) Scheme 1983 (Post Office Scheme PS/1983), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 13) Scheme 1984 (Post Office Scheme 1/1984), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 14) Scheme 1984 (Post Office Scheme 2/1984), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. IS) Scheme 198S (Post Office Scheme 2/198S), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 16) Scheme 198S (Post Office Scheme 6/1985), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 17) Scheme 1986 (Post Office Scheme 4/1986), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 18) Scheme 1986 (Post Office Scheme 6/1986), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 19) Scheme 1987 (Post Office Scheme 4/1987), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 20) Scheme 1988 (Post Office Scheme 1/1988), the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 21) Scheme 1988 (Post Office Scheme 2/1988) and the Post Office Inland Post Amendment (No. 22) Scheme 1988 (Post Office Scheme 3/1988). |
| 1990 (17 Sep) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.1) Scheme 1990 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 17th September 1990, revises certain postal charges. |
| 1991 (16 Sep) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.2) Scheme 1991 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 16th September 1991, revises certain postal charges. |
| 1992 (6 Jan) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.3) Scheme 1992 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 6th January 1992, introduces a single Response Services Licence in place of separate Business Reply and Freepost licences. |
| 1992 (5 Oct) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.4) Scheme 1992 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 5th October 1992, provides for the raising of the maximum cash on delivery amount to £500. |
| 1993 (28 Jun) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.5) Scheme 1993 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 28th June 1993, revises certain conditions relating to express packets, recorded delivery packets and registered packets. |
| 1993 (1 Nov) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.6) Scheme 1993 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 1st November 1993, revises certain postal charges. |
| 1994 (6 May) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.7) Scheme 1994 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 6th May 1994, revises certain fees for an ancillary service. |
| 1996 (8 Jul) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.8) Scheme 1996 (link) |
The scheme, which comes into operation on 8th July 1996, makes various amendments including revision of certain postal charges. |
| 1997 (27 Jan) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.9) Scheme 1997 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 27th January 1997, makes various amendments including revision of certain postal charges. |
| 1997 (14 Nov) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.10) Scheme 1997 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 14th November makes various amendments. |
| 1998 (12 Oct) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.11) Scheme 1998 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 12th October 1998 makes various amendments to the registered and Special Delivery services. |
| 1999 (26 Apr) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.12) Scheme 1999 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into operation on 26th April 1999, makes amendments to the tariffs. |
| 2000 (27 Apr) |
Post Office Inland Letter Post Scheme 2000 (link) |
The Scheme which follows this note has been made under section 28 of the Post Office Act 1969 and will come into operation on 27th April 2000 when it will replace: (a) the Post Office Inland Letter Post Scheme 1989 (Post Office Scheme L1/1989) and (b) all schemes which amended that scheme. |
| 2001 (2 Jul) |
Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.1) Scheme 2001 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 2nd July 2001 revises charges for the Special Delivery Service. |
| 2001 (9 Jul) |
Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.2) Scheme 2001 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 9 July 2001 introduces the Local Collect service. |
| 2001 (22 Nov) |
Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.3) Scheme 2001 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 22 November 2001 adds another restricted item to the restricted list. |
| 2002 (4 Jul) |
Consignia plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.4) Scheme 2002 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 4 July 2002 changes prices of several products set out in Schedule I. |
| 2003 (17 Jan) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.5) Scheme 2003 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 17 January 2003, changes the provisions for forwarding a letter, for the treatment of undeliverable letters and introduces a requirement for notifying large postings in advance. |
| 2003 (8 May) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.6) Scheme 2003 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 8th May 2003, changes prices of several products set out in Schedule 1. |
| 2003 (15 Dec) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.7) Scheme 2003 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 15th December 2003 changes prices of several products set out in Schedule I. |
| 2003 (25 Dec) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.8) Scheme 2003 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 25 December 2003 changes certain products and their prices. |
| 2004 (1 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.9) Scheme 2004 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 1st April 2004 changes certain products and their prices. |
| 2004 (16 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.10) Scheme 2004 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 16 April 2004 adds a fee to the Prepaid in Cash product. |
| 2004 (30 Sep) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.11) Scheme 2004 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 30 September 2004, provides notification of the withdrawal of the Newspaper Registration Service. |
| 2004 (11 Oct) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.12) Scheme 2004 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 11 October 2004, provides notification of changes to the provision for the treatment of undelivered letters. |
| 2004 (28 Oct) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.13) Scheme 2004 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 28 October 2004, provides notification of a change to the compensation level for Special Delivery letters. |
| 2004 (17 Dec) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.14) Scheme 2004 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 17 December 2004, provides notification of a change to the PO Box service. |
| 2005 (18 Feb) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.15) Scheme 2005 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into effect on 18 February 2005, clarifies the position of franked mail collected from senders by third parties and posted. |
| 2005 (1 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.16) Scheme 2005 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 1 April 2005, adds an entry to the prohibitions and restrictions list relating to the conveyance by post of over the counter and prescription medicines. |
| 2005 (7 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.17) Scheme 2005 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 7 April 2005, amends a product name and revises the prices for several products set out in Schedule 1. |
| 2005 (15 Jul) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.18) Scheme 2005 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 15th July 2005 provides notification of changes to the regulations governing the sending of infectious substances and diagnostic specimens through the post. |
| 2006 (3 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.19) Scheme 2006 (link) |
The Scheme, which comes into force on 3 April 2006, revises certain postal charges and compensation provisions. |
| 2006 (29 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.20) Scheme 2006 (link) |
This Scheme,which comes into force on 29 April 2006 provides notification of the withdrawal of the Prepaid in Cash services. |
| 2006 (12 Jun) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.21) Scheme 2006 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 12 June 2006 provides notification of changes to the Special Delivery service. |
| 2006 (21 Aug) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.22) Scheme 2006 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 21 August 2006 provides notification of changes to services, postage rates and fees as a result of the introduction of Pricing in Proportion. |
| 2007 (2 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group plc Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.23) Scheme 2007 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 2nd April 2007, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1. |
| 2008 (7 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.24) Scheme 2008 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 7th April 2008, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1. |
| 2008 (1 Aug) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.25) Scheme 2008 (link) |
The Scheme that follows this Note is made under Section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and amends the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. This Scheme comes into force on 1 August 2008. |
| 2009 (6 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.26) Scheme 2009 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 6th April 2009, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1. |
| 2009 (17 Oct) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.27) Scheme 2009 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 17th October 2009, provides notification of changes to the prices for one service set out in Schedule 1 and provides changes to work two services set out in Schedule 2. |
| 2010 (1 Feb) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.28) Scheme 2010 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 1st February 2010, sets out changes to the Local Collect Service described in section 41A and the Fees payable for its use as set out in paragraph 21 of Schedule 1. |
| 2010 (6 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.29) Scheme 2010 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 6th April 2010, provides notification of changes to the prices for several services set out in Schedule 1. |
| 2010 (6 Dec) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.30) Scheme 2010 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 6th December 2010, provides notification of changes to several services. |
| 2011 (31 Jan) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.31) Scheme 2011 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 31st January 2011, provides notification of VAT changes to some services. |
| 2011 (4 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.32) Scheme 2011 (link) |
This Scheme, which comes into force on 4th April 2011, revises certain postal charges and compensation provisions. |
| 2012 (9 Jan) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.33) Scheme 2012 (link) |
This amendment to the Scheme, which comes into force on 9 January 2012, provides notification of changes to several services and amendments relating to compensation provisions and proof of delivery. |
| 2012 (2 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.34) Scheme 2012 (link) |
This amendment to the Scheme, which comes into force on 2 April 2012, provides notification of minor changes. |
| 2012 (30 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.35) Scheme 2012 (link) |
This amendment to the Scheme, which comes into force on 30th April 2012, provides notification of changes to several services and amendments relating to compensation provisions. |
| 2012 (30 Apr) |
Royal Mail Group Ltd Inland Letter Post Amendment (No.36) (Correction) Scheme 2012 (link) |
The amendment to the Scheme that follows this Note is made under Section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (as amended by the Postal Services Act 2011) and makes a correction to the most previously published version of the Successor Postal Services Company Inland Letter Post Scheme 2001. This version of the Scheme contains the correct 2nd class prices that came into force on 30th April 2012. |
| 2012 (24 Sep) |
Royal Mail Scheme for Inland Letters September 2012 (link) |
The Scheme that follows this Note is made under Section 89 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (as amended by the Postal Services Act 2011). This Scheme will come into force on 24th Sept 2012 and provides for delivery to neighbour as well as setting out more clearly what will happen to an item that cannot be successfully delivered first time. This Scheme is made by modifying the SUCCESSOR POSTAL SERVICES COMPANY INLAND LETTER POST SCHEME 2001 (AS AMENDED) by making the changes set out below. A consolidated version of the new Scheme is available on Royal Mail’s website (www.royalmail.com). |
