The Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order 2009

TABLE IV FEES FOR PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE CLERGY DISCIPLINE MEASURE 2003(1)

This Table applies to proceedings (including appeals) instituted under section 10 of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.

		Judge	Registrar
		£	£
1.	Fees payable on the Judge, Registrar of Tribunals, Provincial Registrar or Court giving directions (otherwise than at the hearing in respect of which fees are payable under paragraph 2 of this Table), such fees to be fixed by the Judge within the limits shown.	38–294	29–194
2.	Fees payable for a hearing conducted by telephone, in camera or in public, whether interim, final or in relation to penalty or the removal of a penalty —
	(a) if the hearing lasts half a day or less	305	232
	(b) if the hearing lasts a whole day or more than a half	515	385
	(fees on same scale for subsequent days)
3.	Fee on the Judge, Registrar of Tribunals or Provincial Registrar preparing a written judgment or drafting the form of order or both, such fee to be at the hourly rate shown and in respect of the number of hours certified by the Judge, Registrar of Tribunals or Provincial Registrar as spent on such work.	49	35
4.	Fee in respect of all other work carried out by the Registrar of Tribunals or Provincial Registrar in relation to proceedings to which this Table applies, on or after the date on which the proceedings were instituted in accordance with the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 – the fee to be calculated at an hourly rate fixed by the Judge in respect of the number of hours certified by such registrar and approved by the Judge as spent on such work.
5.	(a) Paragraphs 1-3 above apply to the bishop’s disciplinary tribunal, the Courts of the Vicars-General, the Arches Court of Canterbury, and the Chancery Court of York.
	(b) “Judge” means the person presiding over any tribunal or Court concerned and includes when so presiding the President of Tribunals, the Deputy President of Tribunals, the Dean of the Arches and Auditor and the Vicars-General.
	(c) Subject to any other order or direction by any tribunal or Court concerned, fees under this Table are to be paid in accordance with section 62 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 as if they were costs or expenses to which that section applies.

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2003 No. 3.