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	Dean of the Arches, Vicar General or Chancellor	Registrar or other Officers by usage performing the duty
£	£
1.    Archdeacons Faculty. Fee payable on lodging petition (rule 3).	—	38
2.    Chancellors Faculty. Fees payable on lodging petition (rule 3).	27	60
3.    Additional fees where the Chancellor has ordered under rule 25 that the proceedings are to be determined upon consideration of written representations, such fees, and by whom they are to be paid, to be fixed by the Chancellor within the limits shown.	95-149	61-89
4.    On the registrar referring a petition in respect of which a fee has become payable under paragraph 1 of this Table to the Chancellor under rule 6(5), 7 or 9, the petitioner, if he wishes to proceed, shall pay a further fee of.	27	22
5.    Additional fees on the Judge or registrar giving other directions (otherwise than at a hearing in respect of which fees are payable under paragraph 6 of this Table), such fees, and by whom they are to be paid, to be fixed by the Judge within the limits shown— (a) on a pre-trial review of the case as a whole under rule 18— (i) directions given by Judge	56-171	38-114
(ii) directions given by registrar.	—	56-171
(b) on the giving of other directions— (i) directions given by Judge	23-69	15-45
(ii) directions given by registrar.	—	23-69
	6.	Additional fees where the issue, whether opposed or unopposed, whether interlocutory or final, is to be heard in Court or in Chambers before the Chancellors Court, the Court of Arches or Chancery Court or York, or the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved— (a) if the case lasts half a day or less	178	135
(b) if the case lasts a whole day or more than half	298	224
(fees on same scale for subsequent days).
7.    Additional fee on the Judge preparing a written judgement 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 as spent in such work, and by whom the fee is to be paid to be determined by the Court.	29	—
8.    Preparatory and ancillary work and correspondence (if any) in relation to petition for faculty—not to exceed without the sanction of the Judge.	—	27
9. (a) No fees are payable under paragraphs 5 and 6 to the members of the Court Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved. (b) All other fees of the Registry in opposed cases are to be paid on the same scale as allowed for Court fees, from time to time, in the Supreme Court of Judicature. (c) Judge means the Chancellor or Presiding Judge of thet3 Appellate Court. (d) References to Rules are to the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 1992[3].

	Fee
	£
NOTE: These fees are the liability of the Archbishop, subject to the provisions of section 8 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986.
1. Fee payable to Provincial Registrar for permission under the Overseas Clergy (Ministry and Ordination) Measure 1967.	48
2. Annual fee for Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury.	1,363
Annual fee for Vicar-General of the Province of York.	1,107

	Fee
	£
NOTES:   (a) References to rules are to the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Faculty Appeals) Rules 1965[5].   (b) The fes set out above are in addition to those set out in Table I.
1.    Application under rule 3 to determine the Court to which appeal lies (except where application is made immediately after giving of judgement). To be paid to registrar by applicant on lodging application—   for chancellor	63
for registrar.	35
2.    Appeal under rule 4. To be paid to registrars by appellant on lodging notice of appeal—	to registrar of diocese	118
to registrar of appellate court.	61
Plus, where appeal is to Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, a fee, to be fixed by registrar of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, in respect of the cost of preparing five copies for the use of members of the Court of the documents to be transmitted by the registrar of the diocese under rule 4(5)(b), the notice of appeal and the documents to be furnished by the appellant under rule 4(7), to be paid to registrar of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved by appellant when assessed by registrar.
3. Petition for Review under rule 9. To be paid to registrar of Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved by petitioner on lodging petition.	118
4. Interlocutory application under rule 11(2). To be paid to registrar of appellate court on lodging notice of appeal.	15
5. Appeal under rule 11(6). To to be paid to registrar of appellate court by appellant on lodging notice of appeal.	15

	Fee
	£
1. To be paid to registrar by party applying for taxation on lodging application.	13
2.    To be paid to registrar by party applying on taxation of a bill of costs—
(a) where the amount allowed does not exceed £1,000	50
(b) where the amount allowed exceeds 1,000— (i) for the first £1,000	50
(ii) for every 20 or fraction thereof over £1,000.	0.50

Fees for work by the diocesan registrar in connection with—
 (a) any search in the register of patrons ("the register") maintained under Part I of the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986^[7](rule 10(1))
 (b) the making of any extract from the register (rule 10(1))
 (c) supplying a certified copy of any entry in the register (rule 10(2))
except so far as the work is within the scope of the annual fee payable to the diocesan registrar under the Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order for the time being in force under section 5 of the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986.

Fees payable to the diocesan registrar to be calculated in accordance with the Solicitors Remuneration Order 1972^[8] and to be payable by the person making the search or extract or requesting the certified copy.

NOTE: References to rules are to The Patronage (Benefices) Rules 1987.

Fees for duties required to be performed as presiding officer at elections to the Lower Houses of the Convocations or to the House of Laity of the General Synod, payable to the diocesan registrar where he acts as presiding officer.

Such fees, or fees calculated on such basis, as may be agreed from time to time between the diocesan registrar and the diocesan board of finance.

[3] S.I. 1992/2882. back

[4] 1967 No. 3. back

[5] S.I. 1965/251. back

[6] S.I. 1987/773. back

[7] 1986 No. 3. back

[8] S.I. 1972/1139. back