Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986

[F1 SCHEDULE A1 E

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. A1 inserted (1.7.2011) by Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure 2011 (No. 2), ss. 1(2), 6(2), Sch. 1 (with s. 5(3)); 2011 No. 1, art. 2

PART 1 E TABLE OF MATTERS TO WHICH PAROCHIAL FEES RELATE

• BAPTISMS

• Certificate issued at time of baptism

• Short certificate of baptism given under Section 2 of the Baptismal Registers Measure 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2 No. 2))

• MARRIAGES

• Publication of banns of marriage

• Certificate of banns issued at time of publication

• Marriage service in church

• F2 ...

• F2 ...

• FUNERALS AND BURIALS OF PERSONS AGED 16 YEARS OR MORE

• A. Service in church

  • Funeral service in church, whether taking place before or after burial or cremation

  • [F3 Burial of body in churchyard immediately preceding or following on from service in church

  • Burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains in churchyard immediately preceding or following on from service in church]

  • [F4 Burial of body, or burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains, in cemetery immediately preceding or following on from service in church]

  • Cremation immediately preceding or following on from service in church

  • Burial of body in churchyard on separate occasion

  • Burial of cremated remains in churchyard or other lawful disposal of remains on separate occasion

  • [F5 Burial of body, or burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains, in cemetery on separate occasion]

  • F2 ...

  • B. No service in church

  • [F6 Funeral service (including burial of body) at graveside in churchyard

  • Funeral service (including burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains) in churchyard]

  • [F7 Funeral service in crematorium or funeral service (including burial of body or burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains) in cemetery]

  • Burial of body in churchyard [F8 (committal only)]

  • Burial of cremated remains in churchyard or other lawful disposal of remains [F9 (committal only)]

  • C. Certificate issued at time of burial

• 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) including inscription on existing monument

• SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS ETC

• Searching registers of marriages for period before 1st July 1837—

  • (for up to 1 hour)

  • (for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

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

  • (for up to 1 hour)

  • (for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)

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

• Inspection of instrument of apportionment or agreement for exchange of land for tithes deposited under the Tithe Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4 c. 71)

• Furnishing copies of above (for every 72 words)

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 omitted (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/993), arts. 1(2), 2

F3 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 2(2)

F4 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 2(3)

F5 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 2(4)

F6 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 2(5)

F7 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 substituted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 2(6)

F8 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 inserted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 2(7)

F9 Words in Sch. A1 Pt. 1 inserted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 2(8)

PART 2 E EXPLANATORY NOTES ON PART 1

Burial on a separate occasion E

1 E In relation to the fee for a burial in a churchyard, “ on separate occasion ” means on any occasion other than immediately preceding or following on from a service in church and “ immediately preceding ” includes the day before the day on which the service, burial or cremation takes place and “ following on ” includes the day after the service, burial or cremation takes place.

Burial of infant E

2 E No fee is payable in respect of the funeral or burial of a still-born infant, or for the funeral or burial of a child dying before attaining the age of 16 years.

Burial of cremated remains in churches or closed churchyards E

3 E Where cremated remains are buried in or under a church or in a closed churchyard, the fees payable to the parochial church council and the diocesan board of finance or either of them are—

(a) where burial is authorised by a general faculty, the fee prescribed for burial in a churchyard;

(b) 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.

Monuments in churchyards E

4 E Different fees may be prescribed for different types of monument and a separate fee may be prescribed for inscription on a monument.

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 parochial church council and the diocesan board of finance 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.

Searches in Church Registers, etc. E

5 E 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 is negotiable with the parochial church council and the diocesan board of finance.

Definitions E

6 E In this Schedule—

• “ burial ” includes deposit in a vault or brick grave and the interment or deposit of cremated remains;

• “ cemetery ” means a burial ground maintained by a burial authority;

• “ Chancellor ” means the judge of the consistory court or commissary court of the bishop or archbishop of the diocese;

• [F10 “lawful disposal”, in respect of cremated remains, means disposal in a manner permitted by canon;]

• “ monument ” includes a headstone, cross, kerb, border, vase, chain, railing, tablet, plaque, marker, flatstone, tombstone or tomb of any other kind;

• “ prescribed ” means prescribed by a Parochial Fees Order. ]

Textual Amendments

F10 Words in Sch. A1 para. 6 inserted (1.1.2015) by The Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/813), arts. 1(2), 3(2)