Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018

87Fees: power of chancellor

(1)Where a faculty is or has been granted for a relevant purpose, the chancellor of the diocese may determine the amount of the fees payable to the PCC or the diocesan board of finance.

(2)Each of the following is a relevant purpose—

(a)the introduction of a monument in a church;

(b)an additional inscription on a monument in a church;

(c)the erection of a monument in a churchyard;

(d)an additional inscription on a monument in a churchyard;

(e)the reservation of a grave space;

(f)the construction of a vault;

(g)the burial of cremated remains in or under a church or in a closed churchyard.

(3)The reference in subsection (1) to a faculty is, where the relevant purpose is within subsection (2)(c), (d) or (g), a reference to a particular (as opposed to general) faculty.

(4)In this section—

  • “burial” and “monument” each have the same meaning as in Schedule A1 to the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986;

  • “church” and “churchyard” each have the same meaning as in that Measure (see section 10 of that Measure).

(5)This section does not affect any power which exists apart from this section.