{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026/section-63.json",
  "legislation": "ukcm/2026/1",
  "legislation_title": "Clergy Conduct Measure 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-measure-2026",
  "path": "section/63",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Costs and fees",
  "text": "(1) The Church Commissioners may pay out of their general fund the whole or part of the costs incurred by a bishop or archbishop under this Measure, in so far as the Commissioners are satisfied that the costs are reasonable.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to costs incurred in the capacity as a party to a complaint or as a person on whom a penalty or other order under this Measure has been imposed.\n(3) The Archbishops’ Council must pay the costs of a tribunal or court in the exercise of jurisdiction under this Measure.\n(4) The Church Commissioners may pay sums out of their general fund towards the liability of the Archbishops’ Council under subsection (3), in so far as the Commissioners are satisfied that the costs are reasonable.\n(5) The fees of an ecclesiastical judge or legal officer for carrying out functions under this Measure are determined in accordance with section 86 of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (fees orders); and “ecclesiastical judge” and “legal officer” each have the meaning given in that section.",
  "extent": "E",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 63 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 73(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukcm/2026/1/section/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:22:03.551412+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}