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Laid before the General Synod in draft
7th July 2007
Made (Sealed by the Archbishops’ Council)
28th September 2007
Laid before Parliament
3rd October 2007
Coming into force
1st January 2008
The Archbishops’ Council, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986(1), which powers were transferred to it by the National Institutions of the Church of England (Transfer of Functions) Order 1998(2), hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been approved by the General Synod in accordance with section 2(1) of the said Measure:
1. This Order may be cited as the Parochial Fees Order 2007 and shall come into operation on the first day of January 2008.
2. The Table of Parochial Fees set forth in Part I of the Schedule to this Order is hereby established and contains particulars of the parochial fees which, subject to the provisions of section 3 of the said Measure, are to be payable to the persons therein named in relation to the respective matters therein specified.
3. Part II of the said Schedule shall apply in relation to the said parochial fees.
4. In the Schedule to this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“burial” includes deposit in a vault or brick grave and the interment or deposit of cremated remains;
“Chancellor” means the judge of the consistory court or commissary court of the bishop or archbishop of the diocese;
“incumbent” means the incumbent of any benefice as defined by the Interpretation Measure 1925(3);
“churchyard” includes the curtilage of a church and a burial ground of a church whether or not immediately adjoining such church;
“cemetery” means a burial ground maintained by a burial authority;
“monument” includes a headstone, cross, kerb, border, vase, chain, railing, tablet, plaque, marker, flatstone, tombstone or monument or tomb of any other kind.
5. The Parochial Fees Order 2006(4) is hereby revoked.
The draft of this Order was approved by the General Synod, with amendment, on
7th July 2007
David Williams
Clerk to the Synod
Church House, London
THE COMMON SEAL of the Archbishops’ Council was hereunto affixed on
28th September 2007
William Fittall
Secretary General
Church House, London
| Col 1 | Col 2 | Col 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee payable to incumbent | Fee payable to Parochial Church Council | Total Fees Payable | |
| £.p | £.p | £.p | |
| BAPTISMS | |||
| Certificate issued at time of baptism | 12.00 | — | 12.00 |
| Short certificate of baptism given under Section 2 Baptismal Registers Measure 1961(5) | 9.00 | — | 9.00 |
| MARRIAGES | |||
| Publication of banns of marriage | 15.00 | 7.00 | 22.00 |
| Certificate of banns issued at time of publication | 12.00 | — | 12.00 |
| Marriage service | 120.00 | 127.00 | 247.00 |
| FUNERALS AND BURIALS | |||
| A. Service in church | |||
| Funeral service in church | 51.00 | 45.00 | 96.00 |
| Burial in churchyard following on from service in church | — | 184.00 | 184.00 |
| Burial in cemetery or cremation following on from service in church | — | — | NIL |
| Burial of body in churchyard on separate occasion | 36.00 | 184.00 | 220.00 |
| Burial of cremated remains in churchyard on separate occasion | 36.00 | 74.00 | 110.00 |
| Burial in cemetery on separate occasion | 36.00 | — | 36.00 |
| B. No Service in Church | |||
| Service in crematorium or cemetery | 96.00 | — | 96.00 |
| Burial of body in churchyard | 36.00 | 184.00 | 220.00 |
| Burial of cremated remains in churchyard | 36.00 | 74.00 | 110.00 |
| C. Certificate issued at time of burial | 12.00 | — | 12.00 |
| MONUMENTS IN CHURCHYARDS | |||
| Permitted in accordance with rules, regulations or directions made by the Chancellor including those relating to a particular churchyard or part of a churchyard (but excluding a monument authorised by a particular faculty)— | |||
| Small cross of wood (*) | 9.00 | 12.00 | 21.00 |
| Small vase not exceeding 305mm x 203 mm x 203mm (approx. 12” x 8” x 8”) (*) | 36.00 | 43.00 | 79.00 |
| Tablet plaque or other marker commemorating a person whose remains have been cremated (*) | 36.00 | 43.00 | 79.00 |
| Any other monument (*) | 51.00 | 98.00 | 149.00 |
| Additional inscription on existing monument | 36.00 | — | 36.00 |
| SEARCHES IN CHURCH REGISTERS ETC. | |||
| Searching registers of marriages for period before 1st July 1837 | |||
| (for up to one hour) | 12.00 | 7.00 | 19.00 |
| (for each subsequent hour or part of an hour) | 9.00 | 7.00 | 16.00 |
| Searching registers of baptisms or burials (including provision of one copy of any entry therein) | |||
| (for up to one hour) | 12.00 | 7.00 | 19.00 |
| (for each subsequent hour or part of an hour) | 9.00 | 7.00 | 16.00 |
| Each additional copy of an entry in a register of baptisms or burials | 12.00 | 7.00 | 19.00 |
| Inspection of instrument of apportionment or agreement for exchange of land for tithes deposited under Tithe Act 1836(6) | 9.00 | — | 9.00 |
| Furnishing copies of above (for every 72 words) | 9.00 | — | 9.00 |
The Parochial Fees Order 2007