The Parochial Fees Order 2005

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2005/2016

2005 No. 2016

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLANDFEES

The Parochial Fees Order 2005

Made (Sealed by the Archbishops' Council) 15th July 2005

Laid before the General Synod in draft 8th July 2005

Coming into force 1st January 2006

The Archbishops' Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 19861, which powers were transferred to it by the National Institutions of the Church of England (Transfer of Functions) Order 19982, hereby makes 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 Establishment of fees

Establishment of fees

1. The Table of Parochial Fees set forth in Part I of 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 Application of Part II of the Schedule

Application of Part II of the Schedule

2. Part II of the said Schedule shall apply in relation to the said parochial fees.

S-3 Definitions

Definitions

3. In the Schedule to this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

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

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

“incumbent” means the incumbent of any benefice as defined by the Interpretation Measure 19253;

“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 a headstone, cross, kerb, border, vase, chain, railing, tablet, plaque, marker, flatstone, tombstone or monument or tomb of any other kind.

S-4 Revocation of 2004 Order

Revocation of 2004 Order

4. The Parochial Fees Order 20044is hereby revoked.

S-5 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

5. This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees Order 2005 and shall come into operation on the first day of January 2006.

David Williams

Clerk of the Synod

Church House, Lond

William Fittall

Secretary General

Church House, London

SCHEDULE

FEES ESTABLISHED BY THIS ORDER

1 TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES

PART I

TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES

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

12.00

12.00

Short certificate of baptism given under Section 2 Baptismal Registers Measure 19615

9.00

9.00

MARRIAGES

Publication of banns of marriage

12.00

6.00

18.00

Certificate of banns issued at time of publication

12.00

12.00

Marriage service

105.00

113.00

218.00

FUNERALS AND BURIALS

A. Service in church

Funeral service in church

48.00

39.00

87.00

Burial in churchyard following on from service in church

160.00

160.00

Burial in cemetery or cremation following on from service in church

Nil

Burial of body in churchyard on separate occasion

33.00

160.00

193.00

Burial of cremated remains in churchyard on separate occasion

33.00

48.00

81.00

Burial in cemetery on separate occasion

33.00

33.00

B. No Service in Church

Service in crematorium or cemetery

87.00

87.00

Burial of body in churchyard

33.00

160.00

193.00

Burial of cremated remains in churchyard

33.00

48.00

81.00

C. Certificate issued at time of burial

12.00

12.00

MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARDS

Permitted in accordance with rules, regulations or directions made by the Chancellor including those relating to a particular churchyard or part of a churchyard (but excluding a monument authorised by a particular faculty)—

Small cross of wood (*)

6.00

11.00

17.00

Small vase not exceeding 305mm x 203 mm x 203mm (approx. 12” x 8” x 8”) (*)

33.00

39.00

72.00

Tablet plaque or other marker commemorating a person whose remains have been cremated (*)

33.00

39.00

72.00

Any other monument (*)

48.00

90.00

138.00

Additional inscription on existing monument

33.00

33.00

SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS ETC.

Searching registers of marriages for period before 1st July 1837

(for up to one hour)

12.00

6.00

18.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

9.00

6.00

15.00

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

(for up to one hour)

12.00

6.00

18.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

9.00

6.00

15.00

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

12.00

6.00

18.00

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

9.00

9.00

Furnishing copies of above (for every 72 words)

9.00

9.00

2 APPLICATION OF PAROCHIAL FEES

PART II

APPLICATION OF PAROCHIAL FEES

SCH-1.1

1. Burial on a separate occasion

In relation to the fee for a burial in a churchyard, “on a separate occasion” means on any occasion other than following on from a service in church, for example, the interment of cremated remains.

SCH-1.2

2. Burial of 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 period of one year after birth.

SCH-1.3

3. Funeral service

If a full funeral service is held at the graveside, the incumbent’s fee is increased to that payable where the service is held in church.

SCH-1.4

4. Burial of 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—

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

(2) where burial is authorised by a particular faculty, such sums as may be determined by the Chancellor, who shall specify the person or persons entitled to receive them.

SCH-1.5

5. Monuments in churchyards

The fees marked (*) include 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 person or persons entitled to receive them.

The incumbent’s fee for an additional inscription on a small cross of wood shall not exceed the current fee payable to the incumbent for the erection of such a monument.

SCH-1.6

6. Monuments in churches

Where a faculty is granted for the erection of a monument in a church or any additional inscription thereon, the fees payable to the incumbent and the Parochial Church...

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