Paragraph 1 Retention services

United Kingdom

F1(1)

One or more services for addressees which provide for a delay for a specified reasonable period to the target delivery date otherwise applicable to any postal packets F2meeting the description in sub-paragraph (2).

F3(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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 para. 3 renumbered as Sch. 3 para. 3(1) (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 21(a)
F2: Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(1) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 21(b)
F3: Sch. 3 para. 3(2) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 21(c)