# The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) Order 2012, Paragraph 1: Poste restante services

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) One or more free of charge services for addressees, which provide—
(a) for the address of any specified post office in the United Kingdom to be used as an addressee’s postal address for a reasonable period, and
(b) for postal packets meeting the description in sub-paragraph (2) for that addressee to be held at that post office for a reasonable period for collection by the addressee, provided, in relation to any post office, that it is reasonable for the post office concerned to be used to provide the service.
(2) The description set out in this paragraph is—
(a) as to the postal packet’s maximum dimensions—
(i) if the postal packet is a right circular cylinder—
(aa) the length plus twice the diameter does not exceed 1040 millimetres;
(bb) the length does not exceed 900 millimetres; and
(cc) the diameter does not exceed 900 millimetres;
(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
(b) as to the postal packet’s minimum dimensions (measured at their narrowest points), each dimension of the postal packet exceeds 0.25 millimetres.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/936/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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