Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986
Part I
Parochial Fees
1
Preparation of Parochial Fees Order
2
Procedure for making Parochial Fees Orders.
3
Provisions as to persons to whom parochial fees are to be paid.
Part II
Ecclesiastical Judges’ and Legal Officers’ Fees
4
Constitution of Fees Advisory Commission
5
Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Orders.
6
Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Orders.
Part III
Miscellaneous and General
7
Recovery of fees.
8
Reimbursement of archbishops or bishops.
9
Private, local and personal Acts which are inconsistent with Parochial Fees Orders.
10
Interpretation.
11
Repeals, consequential amendments and transitional provisions.
12
Short title, extent and commencement.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Private, Local and Personal Acts which are Inconsistent with Parochial Fees Orders
1
Where a Parochial Fees Order is inconsistent with a private,...
2
Where the Church Commissioners prepare a draft order under paragraph...
3
The Church Commissioners shall consider all representations made to them...
4
When the periods during which representations may be made under...
5
The Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply to an order...
6
The Church Commissioners shall send copies of any order made...
SCHEDULE A1
PART 1
TABLE OF MATTERS TO WHICH PAROCHIAL FEES RELATE
PART 2
EXPLANATORY NOTES ON PART 1
Burial on a separate occasion
1
... “ On separate occasion ” means on any occasion...
Burial of child
2
No fee is payable in respect of the funeral or...
Burial of cremated remains in churches or closed churchyards
3
Where cremated remains are buried in or under a church...
Monuments in churchyards
4
Different fees may be prescribed for different types of monument...
Searches in Church Registers, etc.
5
The search fee relates to a ‘particular search’ where the...
Definitions
6
In this Schedule— “ burial ” includes deposit in a...
SCHEDULE 2
Transitional Provisions
1
No order made under Part I of this Measure shall...
2
Until the Fees Advisory Commission is constituted under this Measure,...
3
Notwithstanding the repeal by this Measure of the Ecclesiastical Fees...
4
Any sum payable to any person under the provisions of...
5
Nothing in this Schedule shall be taken as prejudicing the...

Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986
1986 No. 2
A Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England to make further provision with respect to ecclesiastical fees and for purposes connected therewith.
[18th March 1986]