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Ardmore Peninsula, Sutherland (Mail Deliveries)

: I shall talk about the 15-minute rule in a moment. First, let me respond by changing things around slightly. Postcomm, not the Royal Mail, designated the 15-minute rule and decided that there should be no limit on the additional road distance travelled by a postal delivery vehicle to reach an address over a public or a private road that is maintained in good condition. There is a round-trip limit of 15 minutes on the extra time that the Royal Mail must spend on delivering mail on foot or by the vehicle used for the delivery route along a private road or track where access conditions are poor but not so poor that they the address is excepted on health and safety grounds.