The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013

Amendments to paragraph 5 of Schedule 1

11.  In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1—

(a)In sub-paragraph (1) after “postal packets”, insert “meeting the description in sub-paragraph (3)”; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (2), insert—

(3) 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.