{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/936",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Return to sender services",
  "text": "(1) One or more domestic single piece services for the conveyance of postal packets meeting the description in sub-paragraph (3) back to the sender within a reasonable period, where—\n(a) the postal packet has been conveyed in the provision of a universal postal service and delivery to the addressee named on the postal packet has not been effected; and\n(b) the sender’s address is legibly marked on the postal packet.\n(2) For the purpose of this paragraph, the definition of “single piece service” shall apply as though the words at sub-paragraph (e) of that definition were replaced with “the purchase of a conveyance of any other postal packet”.\n(3) The description set out in this paragraph is—\n(a) as to the postal packet’s maximum dimensions—\n(i) if the postal packet is a right circular cylinder—\n(aa) the length plus twice the diameter does not exceed 1040 millimetres;\n(bb) the length does not exceed 900 millimetres; and\n(cc) the diameter does not exceed 900 millimetres;\n(ii) if the postal packet is not a right circular cylinder, the dimensions of the postal packet (measured at their widest points) do not exceed 610 millimetres by 460 millimetres by 460 millimetres; and\n(b) as to the postal packet’s minimum dimensions (measured at their narrowest points), each dimension of the postal packet exceeds 0.25 millimetres.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(1) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 11(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5(3) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 11(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 1.4.2012, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/936/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:28.959238+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}