The Parochial Fees Order 2003

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2003/1932
Year2003

2003 No. 1932

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, ENGLAND

The Parochial Fees Order 2003

Made (Sealed by the Archbishops' Council) 24th July 2003

Laid before the General Synod in draft 11th July 2003

Coming into force 1st January 2004

The Archbishops' Council, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the 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 The Table of Parochial Fees set forth in Part I of the Schedule...

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

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

S-3 In the Schedule to this Order, unless the context otherwise...

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

“burial” includes deposit 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 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 The Parochial Fees 2002 is hereby revoked.

The Parochial Fees 2002 is hereby revoked.

4. The Parochial Fees 20024is hereby revoked.

S-5 This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees Order 2003 and...

5. This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees Order 2003 and shall come into operation on the first day of January 2004.

David Williams

Clerk to the Synod

William Fittall

Secretary General

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

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

9.00

9.00

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

6.00

6.00

MARRIAGES

Publication of banns of marriage

12.00

6.00

18.00

Certificate of banns issued at time of publication

9.00

9.00

Marriage service

87.00

93.00

180.00

FUNERALS AND BURIALS

A. Service in church

Funeral service in church

45.00

36.00

81.00

Burial in churchyard following on from service in church

145.00

145.00

Burial in cemetery or cremation following on from service in church

Nil

Burial of body in churchyard on separate occasion

30.00

145.00

175.00

Burial of cremated remains in churchyard on separate occasion

30.00

43.00

73.00

Burial in cemetery on separate occasion

30.00

30.00

B. No Service in Church

Service in crematorium or cemetery

81.00

81.00

Burial of body in churchyard

30.00

145.00

175.00

Burial of cremated remains in churchyard

30.00

43.00

73.00

C. Certificate issued at time of burial

9.00

9.00

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

10.00

16.00

Small vase not exceeding 305mm × 203mm × 203mm (aprox. 12” × 8” × 8”)(*)

30.00

36.00

66.00

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

30.00

36.00

66.00

Any other monument(*)

42.00

82.00

124.00

Additional inscription on existing monument

30.00

30.00

SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS ETC.

Searching registers of marriages for period before 1st July 1837

(for up to one hour)

9.00

6.00

15.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

6.00

6.00

12.00

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

(for up to one hour)

9.00

6.00

15.00

(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

6.00

6.00

12.00

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

9.00

6.00

15.00

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

6.00

6.00

Furnishing copies of above (for every 72 words)

6.00

6.00

2 Part II

Part II

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 with 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:

(i) 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;

(ii) 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

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