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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees and Scheduled Matters Amending Order 2014.
(2) It comes into operation on 1st January 2015.
(3) In this Order “the Measure” means the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986.
2.—(1) Part 1 of Schedule A1 to the Measure is amended as follows.
(2) For “Burial in churchyard immediately preceding or following on from service in church” substitute—
“Burial of body in churchyard immediately preceding or following on from service in church
Burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains in churchyard immediately preceding or following on from service in church”.
(3) For “Burial in cemetery immediately preceding or following on from service in church” substitute—
“Burial of body, or burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains, in cemetery immediately preceding or following on from service in church”.
(4) For “Burial in cemetery on separate occasion” substitute—
“Burial of body, or burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains, in cemetery on separate occasion”.
(5) For “Service at graveside” substitute—
“Funeral service (including burial of body) at graveside in churchyard
Funeral service (including burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains) in churchyard”.
(6) For “Service in crematorium or cemetery” substitute—
“Funeral service in crematorium or funeral service (including burial of body or burial or other lawful disposal of cremated remains) in cemetery”.
(7) After “Burial of body in churchyard” insert “(committal only)”.
(8) After “Burial of cremated remains in churchyard or other lawful disposal of remains” insert “(committal only)”.
3.—(1) Part 2 of Schedule A1 to the Measure is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 6, after the definition of “Chancellor” insert the following definition—
““lawful disposal”, in respect of cremated remains, means disposal in a manner permitted by canon;”.
4. The following provisions of this Part apply for the purpose of prescribing parochial fees for the period 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2019.
5. In this Part “the base figure” for a matter listed in the table in Schedule 1 is the amount specified for that matter in the table for the diocesan board of finance or (as the case may be) the parochial church council.
6.—(1) The parochial fees payable to a parochial church council and to a diocesan board of finance in respect of the period mentioned in article 4 are prescribed as follows.
(2) The fee payable in the calendar year 1st January to 31st December 2015 for a matter specified in the table in Schedule 1 is the base figure for that matter increased by the percentage by which the Retail Prices Index for September 2014 is greater than that for September 2013.
(3) The fee payable in each subsequent calendar year for a matter in the table in Schedule 1 is the fee payable for that matter in the preceding calendar year (“Year A”) increased by the percentage by which the Retail Prices Index for September in Year A is greater than that for September in the calendar year preceding Year A.
(4) But where there is no increase in the Retail Prices Index, the percentage for the purposes of paragraph (2) or (3) is to be treated as zero.
7.—(1) Schedule 2 contains incidental provisions that apply in relation to the parochial fees prescribed by article 6.
(2) Article 6 is subject to section 1(8) of the Measure (which provides that where the relevant parish is a parish of which a cathedral is the parish church, any fees which would, apart from that subsection, be payable to the parochial church council or to the diocesan board of finance, are instead payable to the corporate body of the cathedral).
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