The Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the fees fixed by Table I of the Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1994 (“the 1994 Order”) in relation to faculty proceedings, and applies them, or makes clear that they apply, to proceedings for an injunction or a restoration order under section 13(4) and (5) of the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (including appeals), to proceedings under section 4 of the Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994 (including appeals), and to disciplinary proceedings under the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 before the Consistory Court, the Arches Court of Canterbury or the Chancery Court of York and the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved.

The Order increases the additional fees for appeals and the fees for taxation of costs in Tables II and III (replacing Tables III and IV of the 1994 Order) of the 1994 Order (other than the fees of £50 and 50p payable on taxation of costs, which are fixed as percentages of the £1,000 and £20 figures to which they relate). It also applies those Tables to all the proceedings covered by Table I. The Order increases the fees payable to the provincial registrars and the Vicars-General under Table IV (replacing Table II of the 1994 Order). Table V, which provides for certain fees for duties under the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 to be calculated in accordance with the Solicitors' (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 1994, and Table VI, which provides for certain fees for elections to the General Synod, or the basis on which they are to be calculated, to be agreed between the diocesan registrar and the diocesan board of finance, remain as in the 1994 Order.

The revised fees and other provisions will come into force on 1st January 1996.