The Parochial Fees Order 2008

SCHEDULE FEES ESTABLISHED BY THIS ORDER

PART 1 TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES

	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	12.00	—	12.00
Short certificate of baptism given under Section 2 Baptismal Registers Measure 1961(1)	9.00	—	9.00
MARRIAGES
Publication of banns of marriage	15.00	7.00	22.00
Certificate of banns issued at time of publication	12.00	—	12.00
Marriage service	123.00	131.00	254.00
FUNERALS AND BURIALS
A. Service in church
Funeral service in church	54.00	45.00	99.00
Burial in churchyard following on from service in church	—	190.00	190.00
Burial in cemetery or cremation following on from service in church	—	—	NIL
Burial of body in churchyard on separate occasion	36.00	190.00	226.00
Burial of cremated remains in churchyard on separate occasion	36.00	77.00	113.00
Burial in cemetery on separate occasion	36.00	—	36.00
B. No service in church
Service in crematorium or cemetery	99.00	—	99.00
Burial of body in churchyard	36.00	190.00	226.00
Burial of cremated remains in churchyard	36.00	77.00	113.00
C. Certificate issued at time of burial	12.00	—	12.00
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)—
Small cross of wood (*)	9.00	12.00	21.00
Small vase not exceeding 305mm x 203mm x 203mm (approx. 12” x 8” x 8”) (*)	36.00	44.00	80.00
Tablet, plaque or other marker commemorating a person whose remains have been cremated (*)	36.00	44.00	80.00
Any other monument (*)	51.00	101.00	152.00
Additional inscription on existing monument	36.00	—	36.00
SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS ETC.
Searching registers of marriages for period before 1st July 1837
(for up to one hour)	12.00	7.00	19.00
(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)	9.00	7.00	16.00
Searching registers of baptisms or burials (including provision of one copy of any entry therein)
(for up to one hour)	12.00	7.00	19.00
(for each subsequent hour or part of an hour)	9.00	7.00	16.00
Each additional copy of an entry in a register of baptisms or burials	12.00	7.00	19.00
Inspection of instrument of apportionment or agreement for exchange of land for tithes deposited under Tithe Act 1836(2)	9.00	—	9.00
Furnishing copies of above (for every 72 words)	9.00	—	9.00

PART 2 APPLICATION OF PAROCHIAL FEES

Burial on a separate occasion

1.  In relation to the fee for a burial in a churchyard, “on a separate occasion” means on any occasion other than following on from a service in church, for example, the interment of cremated remains.

Burial of infant

2.  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 period of one year after birth.

Funeral service

3.  If a full funeral service is held at the graveside, the incumbent’s fee is increased to that payable where the service is held in church.

Burial of cremated remains in churches or closed churchyards

4.  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—

(1) where burial is authorised by a general faculty, the same as those laid down in Part 1 for burial in a churchyard;

(2) 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

5.  The fees marked (*) 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 person or persons entitled to receive them.

• The incumbent’s fee for an additional inscription on a small cross of wood shall not exceed the current fee payable to the incumbent for the erection of such a monument.

Monuments in churches

6.  Where a faculty is granted for the erection of a monument 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 person or persons entitled to receive them.

The incumbent’s fees

7.  An incumbent who has not executed an assignment of parochial fees to the Diocesan Board of Finance may direct, either generally or in a particular case, that all or part of any fee which is payable to the incumbent under Part 1 shall be payable to the minister performing the service or duty.

Reservation of grave space: vaults

8.  Payment of any of the fees prescribed by the Table in Part 1 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 person or persons entitled to receive them.

Searches in church registers etc.

9.  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 incumbent and the Parochial Church Council.

Services in crematoria and unconsecrated cemeteries

10.  The Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1992(3) contains a provision which has the effect of requiring a minister of a parish, if requested, to perform a funeral service for defined parishioners in any appropriate crematorium or unconsecrated cemetery. The fees prescribed by the Table in Part 1 for such services (which are identical to the fees for services held in consecrated cemeteries) are mandatory except where a local authority or other crematorium authority has fixed charges for these services in which case the authority’s charges will apply.

(1)

1961 No. 2.

(2)

1836 (6 & 7 Will. 4 c.71).

(3)

1992 No. 1.