Parochial Fees Order 1991

SCHEDULE TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES

PART I

	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	4.00	–	4.00
Short certificate of baptism given under section 2 Baptismal Registers Measure 1961(1)	2.00	–	2.00
MARRIAGES Publications of banns of marriage	5.00	2.00	7.00
Certificate of banns issued at time of publication	4.00	–	4.00
Marriage service	27.00	27.00	54.00
FUNERALS AND BURIALS Service in church
For funeral service in church	17.00	12.00	29.00
Burial in churchyard immediately after service in church	–	29.00	29.00
Burial in consecrated part of cemetery immediately after service in church	–	–	NIL
Burial in churchyard on separate occasion	10.00	29.00	39.00
Burial in consecrated part of cemetery on separate occasion	10.00	–	10.00
B. No service in church
Service in consecrated part of cemetery	29.00	–	29.00
Burial in churchyard	10.00	29.00	39.00
C. Certificate issued at time of burial	4.00	–	4.00
MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARDS Erected with consent of incumbent under Chancellor’s general directions — Small cross of wood(2)	3.00	2.00	5.00
Small vase not exceeding 12" × 8" × 8" (approx. 300mm × 200mm × 200mm)(2)	7.00	8.00	15.00
Tablet, erected horizontally or vertically and not exceeding 21" × 21" (approx 525mm × 525mm), commemorating person cremated(2)	12.00	14.00	26.00
Any other monument(2)	30.00	32.00	62.00
Additional inscription on existing monument	14.00	–	14.00
SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS, ETC Searching registers of marriages for period before 1837 (for up to one hour)	4.00	2.00	6.00
(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)	3.00	1.00	4.00
Searching registers of baptisms or burials (including provision of one copy of any entry therein) (for up to one hour)	4.00	2.00	6.00
(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)	3.00	1.00	4.00
Each additional copy of an entry in a register of baptisms or burials	4.00	2.00	6.00
Inspection of instrument of apportionment or agreement for exchange of land for tithes deposited under Tithe Act 1836(3)	2.00	–	2.00
Furnishing copies of above (for every 72 words)	2.00	–	2.00

PART II

Burial of still-born infant

1.  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 neo-natal period of 28 days after birth.

Cremated remains in churches or closed churchyards

2.  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 table for burial in a churchyard;

(ii) where burial is authorised by a particular faculty, such sums as may be determined by the chancellor.

Monuments in churchyards

3.  The fees marked(2) 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 persons entitled to receive them.

Monuments in churches

4.  Where a faculty is granted in connection with the erection of a monument or tablet in a church or any additional inscription thereon, the fees payable to the incumbent and the parochial church council or either of them shall be determined by the chancellor who shall specify the persons entitled to receive them.

The incumbent’s fees

5.  Unless the incumbent has signed a Deed of Assignment in favour of the Diocesan Board of Finance he may direct either generally or in particular cases that all or part of any fee which would otherwise be payable to him shall be payable to the minister performing the service or duty.

Reservation of grave space: vaults

6.  Payment of any of the fees prescribed by this table does not confer any right to construct a new vault or an exclusive right to a grave or vault. Where a faculty is granted conferring rights for a period specified in the faculty, the fees payable to the incumbent and the parochial church council or either of them shall be determined by the chancellor who shall specify the persons entitled to receive them.

Searches in Church registers, etc

7.  The search fee relates to a `particular search' where the approximate date of the baptism, marriage or burial is known. The fee for a more general search of a church register would be negotiable with the incumbent and the parochial church council.

(1)

1961 No. 2 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2).

(2)

See PART II para. 3.

(3)

1836 c. 71.