1989 No. 1242
Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1989
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
We, the Fees Advisory Commission constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 19861 in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 do hereby order as follows:–
1
The Fees appearing in the Schedule to this Order are established. The Tables of the Schedule contain particulars of the fees which are to be received, after the commencement of this Order, by the ecclesiastical judges and legal officers named in the Schedule for carrying out by them of the duties of their offices specified in the Schedule.
2
3
a
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph nothing in this Order shall preclude a diocesan board of finance from agreeing to pay an additional fee to a diocesan registrar by way of annual fee or retainer (hereinafter called a “supplementary annual fee”) which is in addition to any fee or fees prescribed by Order made under the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986.
b
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (a) above shall be expressed to be an agreement for a payment by way of supplementary annual fee.
c
An agreement made under sub-paragraph (a) above shall be in writing. The period for which the agreement is to run shall be stated in the agreement. In the absence of any such statement the agreement shall remain binding until determined by not less than three months' notice on either side.
d
The body responsible for paying a supplementary annual fee shall be the diocesan board of finance.
4
A fee specified in the Schedule to this Order may be increased by a sum for reasonable expenses of travel, subsistence and accommodation.
5
Where Value Added Tax is chargeable in respect of the provision of any service for which a fee is prescribed in this Order there shall be payable in addition to that fee the amount of the Value Added Tax.
6
This Order may be cited as the Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1989 and shall come into force on the first day of January 1990.
Dated this 17th day of May 1989.
Approved by the General Synod
SCHEDULE
Dean of the Arches, Vicar-General or Chancellor | >Registrar or other Officers by usage performing the duty | |
---|---|---|
£ | £ | |
| – | 14 |
| 19 | 41 |
| 11 | 23 |
| 65–109 | 44–65 |
| 19 | 27 |
| 11 | 9 |
| ||
| 131 | 62 |
| 218 | 125 |
| ||
| – | 55 |
| – | 109 |
(fee on same scales for subsequent days) | ||
| – | 20 |
NOTES:
|
Fee | |
---|---|
£ | |
| 35 |
| 998 |
| 811 |
Fee | |
---|---|
£ | |
| |
| 46 |
| 26 |
| |
| 87 |
| 44 |
Plus, where appeal is to Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, a fee, to be fixed by registrar of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, in respect of the cost of preparing five copies for the use of the members of the Court of the documents to be transmitted by the registrar of the diocese under rule 4(5)(b), the notice of appeal and the documents to be furnished by the appellant under rule 4(7). To be paid to registrar of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved by appellant when assessed by registrar. | |
| 87 |
| 11 |
| 11 |
NOTES:
|
Fees for work by the diocesan registrar in connection with–
except so far as the work is within the scope of the annual fee payable to the diocesan registrar under the Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order from the time being in force made under section 5 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986. Fee payable to the diocesan registrar to be calculated in accordance with the Solicitors' Remuneration Order 19726 and to be payable by the person making the search or extract or requesting the certified copy. |
NOTE: References to rules are to The Patronage (Benefices) Rules 1987. |
Fee | |
---|---|
| £100 and a further £25 for every hour spent on counting votes. |
| £25 for every hour spent on counting votes |
(This note is not part of the Order)