PART 5MISCELLANEOUS

Fees

87Fees: power of chancellor

1

Where a faculty is or has been granted for a relevant purpose, the chancellor of the diocese may determine the amount of the fees payable to the PCC or the diocesan board of finance.

2

Each of the following is a relevant purpose—

a

the introduction of a monument in a church;

b

an additional inscription on a monument in a church;

c

the erection of a monument in a churchyard;

d

an additional inscription on a monument in a churchyard;

e

the reservation of a grave space;

f

the construction of a vault;

g

the burial of cremated remains in or under a church or in a closed churchyard.

3

The reference in subsection (1) to a faculty is, where the relevant purpose is within subsection (2)(c), (d) or (g), a reference to a particular (as opposed to general) faculty.

4

In this section—

  • “burial” and “monument” each have the same meaning as in Schedule A1 to the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986;

  • “church” and “churchyard” each have the same meaning as in that Measure (see section 10 of that Measure).

5

This section does not affect any power which exists apart from this section.