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

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

(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 meeting the description in sub-paragraph (2).
(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/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-3/paragraph-3
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