Parochial Fees Order 1991

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1991/1758
Year1991

1991 No. 1758

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND

Parochial Fees Order 1991

Made (Sealed by the Church Commissioners) 18th July 1991

Laid before the General Synod in draft

Coming into force 1st January 1992

The Church Commissioners for England, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 19861, hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has been approved by the General Synod in accordance with section 2(1) of the said Measure:–

S-1 The table of Parochial Fees set forth in the Schedule to this...

1. The table of Parochial Fees set forth in the Schedule to this Order is hereby established and contains particulars of the parochial fees which, subject to the provisions of section 3 of the said Measure, are to be payable to the persons therein named in relation to the respective matters therein specified.

S-2 In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires – “burial”...

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires –

“burial” includes burial in a vault and the interment or deposit of cremated remains;

“chancellor” means the judge of the consistory or commissary court of the bishop or archbishop of the diocese;

“incumbent” means the incumbent of any benefice as defined by the Interpretation Measure 19252;

“churchyard” includes the curtilage of a church and a burial ground of a church whether or not immediately adjoining such church;

“cemetery” means a burial ground maintained by a Burial Authority;

“monument” includes headstones, crosses, kerbs, borders, vases, chains, railings, tablets, flatstones, tombstones or monuments or tombs of any other kind.

S-3 The Parochial Fees Order 1990 is hereby revoked.

The Parochial Fees Order 1990 is hereby revoked.

3. The Parochial Fees Order 19903is hereby revoked.

S-4 This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees Order 1991, and...

4. This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees Order 1991, and shall come into operation on the 1st of January 1992.

The draft of this Order was approved by the General Synod of the Church of England on the 15th day of July 1991

P. J. C. Mawer

Secretary General

J. E. Shelley

Secretary

SCHEDULE

TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES

1 PART I

PART I

Col. 1

Col. 2

Col. 3

Fee payable to Incumbent

Fee payable to Parochial Church Council

TOTAL FEES PAYABLE

£.p

£.p

£.p

BAPTISMS

Certificate issued at time of baptism

4.00

4.00

Short certificate of baptism given under section 2 Baptismal Registers Measure 19614

2.00

2.00

MARRIAGES

Publications of banns of marriage

5.00

2.00

7.00

Certificate of banns issued at time of publication

4.00

4.00

Marriage service

27.00

27.00

54.00

FUNERALS AND BURIALS

Service in church

For funeral service in church

17.00

12.00

29.00

Burial in churchyard immediately after service in church

29.00

29.00

Burial in consecrated part of cemetery immediately after service in church

NIL

Burial in churchyard on separate occasion

10.00

29.00

39.00

Burial in consecrated part of cemetery on separate occasion

10.00

10.00

(B) No service in church

Service in consecrated part of cemetery

29.00

29.00

Burial in churchyard

10.00

29.00

39.00

(C) Certificate issued at time of burial

4.00

4.00

MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARDS

Erected with consent of incumbent under

Chancellor’s general directions —

Small cross of wood5

3.00

2.00

5.00

Small vase not exceeding 12" × 8" × 8" (approx. 300mm × 200mm × 200mm)5

7.00

8.00

15.00

Tablet, erected horizontally or vertically and not exceeding 21" × 21" (approx 525mm × 525mm), commemorating person cremated5

12.00

14.00

26.00

Any other monument5

30.00

32.00

62.00

Additional inscription on existing monument

14.00

14.00

SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS, ETC

Searching registers of marriages for period before 1837

(for up to one hour)

4.00

2.00

6.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

3.00

1.00

4.00

Searching registers of baptisms or burials (including provision of one copy of any entry therein)

(for up to one hour)

4.00

2.00

6.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

3.00

1.00

4.00

Each additional copy of an entry in a register of baptisms or burials

4.00

2.00

6.00

Inspection of instrument of apportionment or agreement for exchange of land for tithes deposited under Tithe Act 18366

2.00

2.00

Furnishing copies of above (for every 72 words)

2.00

2.00

2 PART II

PART II

SCH-1.1

1. Burial of still-born infant

No fee is payable in respect of the burial of a still-born infant, or for the funeral or burial of an infant dying within the neo-natal period of 28 days after birth.

SCH-1.2

2. Cremated remains in churches or closed churchyards

Where cremated remains are buried in or under a church or in a closed churchyard, the fees payable to the incumbent and the parochial church council are:

(i) where burial is authorised by a general faculty, the same as those laid down in Part I of this table for burial in a churchyard;

(ii) where burial is authorised by a particular faculty, such sums as may be determined by the chancellor.

SCH-1.3

3. Monuments in churchyards

The fees marked5include fees for the original inscription. Where a monument in a churchyard is erected or an additional inscription on a monument is madeunder the authority of a particular faculty the fees payable to the incumbent and the parochial church council or either of them shall be such sums as may be determined by the chancellor who shall specify the persons entitled to receive them.

SCH-1.4

4. Monuments in churches

Where a faculty is...

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