PART 5MISCELLANEOUS

Fees

I184Fees Advisory Commission: continuation and membership

1

There is to continue to be a body known as the Fees Advisory Commission.

2

The members of the Commission are—

F1a

one person who is a diocesan or suffragan bishop nominated by the House of Bishops (regardless of whether that person is a member of that House);

b

one person who is a Church Commissioner or an officer of the Church Commissioners nominated by them;

c

one person who is the chair of a diocesan board of finance nominated by representatives of dioceses (see subsection (4));

d

one person who is the registrar of a diocese nominated by the Ecclesiastical Law Association (see subsection (5));

e

one person who is the chancellor of a diocese nominated by the Ecclesiastical Judges Association (see subsection (6));

f

either the registrar of the province of Canterbury or the registrar of the province of York, whichever of them is nominated by the two registrars acting jointly;

g

three persons appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Church of England (see subsection (7)).

3

The chair of the Commission is the member chosen by the Commission from among the members appointed under subsection (2)(g).

4

In subsection (2)(c), “representatives of dioceses” means persons—

a

who are officers or members of a diocesan board of finance or are members of the House of Clergy or House of Laity of the General Synod elected for a diocese, and

b

who are chosen under arrangements approved by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York acting jointly to represent dioceses in consultations on financial matters.

5

In subsection (2)(d), the reference to the Ecclesiastical Law Association is a reference to the group of persons commonly known by that name (being a group which includes lawyers involved in the work of the Church of England) regardless of the form in which the group is for the time being constituted.

6

In subsection (2)(e), the reference to the Ecclesiastical Judges Association is a reference to the group of persons commonly known by that name (being a group which includes the chancellor of each diocese and the Dean of the Arches and Auditor), regardless of the form in which the group is for the time being constituted.

7

A person may not be appointed under subsection (2)(g) if he or she is eligible for membership under subsection (2)(a) to (f); and at least one, but no more than two, of the three persons appointed under subsection (2)(g) must be a member of the House of Clergy or House of Laity of the General Synod.