The Parochial Fees Order 2009

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2009/2106
Year2009

2009 No. 2106

Ecclesiastical Law, EnglandFees

The Parochial Fees Order 2009

Made 29th July 2009

Laid before Parliament 6th August 2009

Coming into force 1st January 2010

The Archbishops’ Council makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 19861and now vested in it2.

In accordance with section 2(1) of that Measure, a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by, the General Synod.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees Order 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2010.

S-2 Prescribed fees

Prescribed fees

2.—(1) The Table of Parochial Fees set out in Part 1 of the Schedule prescribes the amount of the parochial fees which are to be paid to the persons, in relation to the respective matters, specified in the Table.

(2) The specification in the Table of the persons to whom parochial fees are to be paid is subject to the provisions of section 3 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986 (which makes provision as to persons to whom parochial fees are to be paid during a vacancy in a benefice and where a licence of a chapel includes provision fixing fees).

S-3 Application of Part 2 of the Schedule

Application of Part 2 of the Schedule

3. Part 2 of the Schedule shall apply in relation to the parochial fees which are prescribed in the Table in Part 1.

S-4 Definitions

Definitions

4. In the Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

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

“cemetery” means a burial ground maintained by a burial authority;

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

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

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

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

S-5 Revocation of 2008 Order

Revocation of 2008 Order

5. The Parochial Fees Order 20084is revoked.

David Williams

Clerk to the Synod

Church House, Westminster

D P White

K Norris

Church House, Westminster

SCHEDULE

FEES PRESCRIBED BY THIS ORDER

1 TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES

PART 1Article 2

TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES

Col 1

Col 2

Col 3

Fee to be paid to incumbent

Fee to be paid to Parochial Church Council

Total Fees to be paid

£.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

15.00

7.00

22.00

Certificate of banns issued at time of publication

12.00

12.00

Marriage service

126.00

134.00

260.00

FUNERALS AND BURIALS

A. Service in church

Funeral service in church

54.00

45.00

99.00

Burial in churchyard following on from service in church

194.00

194.00

Burial in cemetery or cremation following on from service in church

NIL

Burial of body in churchyard on separate occasion

36.00

194.00

230.00

Burial of cremated remains in churchyard on separate occasion

36.00

78.00

114.00

Burial in cemetery on separate occasion

36.00

36.00

B. No service in church

Service in crematorium or cemetery

99.00

99.00

Burial of body in churchyard

36.00

194.00

230.00

Burial of cremated remains in churchyard

36.00

78.00

114.00

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 (*)

9.00

12.00

21.00

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

36.00

45.00

81.00

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

36.00

45.00

81.00

Any other monument (*)

54.00

103.00

157.00

Additional inscription on existing monument

36.00

36.00

SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS ETC.

Searching registers of marriages for period before 1st July 1837

(for up to one hour)

12.00

7.00

19.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

9.00

7.00

16.00

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

(for up to one hour)

12.00

7.00

19.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

9.00

7.00

16.00

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

12.00

7.00

19.00

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 EXPLANATORY NOTES ON PART 1

PART 2Article 3

EXPLANATORY NOTES ON PART 1

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 immediately preceding or 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 funeral or 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 1 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 made under 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...

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