The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2010

Restrictions on the provisions of paragraph 1

2.  The provisions of paragraph 1 hereof shall be restricted as follows—

(1) Where the Registrar receives a request for advice on any matter properly falling within paragraph 1 sub-paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7) and (8)—

(a) The Registrar shall not be required to correspond with a third party involved in the enquiry

(b) Before giving advice the Registrar shall first consider whether the matter on which his or her advice is sought is one which can conveniently be dealt with by the diocesan secretary or some other person or body in the diocese rather than by the Registrar

(c) If a legal dispute arises between parties who are both church officers the Registrar may decline to advise either party, but he or she shall be at liberty to advise both parties with a view to helping them to resolve their dispute if in his or her judgement it is desirable to do so;

(2) The Registrar shall not be required to attend meetings of diocesan boards, councils and committees except upon an occasional basis to give legal advice on specific matters. (The Registrar may attend such meetings regularly to give general advice and assistance if requested to do so by the board, council or committee in question and in that case he or she shall be entitled to be separately remunerated for this work.)