{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-judges-and-legal-officers-fees-order-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1242",
  "legislation_title": "Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-judges-and-legal-officers-fees-order-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\n1 This Order increases the fees fixed by the Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1988 and the fees fixed by The Legal Officers' Fees Order 1986 for acting as presiding officer at elections to the General Synod.\n2 The practice of most of the Chancellors in exercising their jurisdication in relation to item 2 of Table I has been to designate the following as matters for major faculties–\n(1) Where estimated cost of work, excluding professional fees and VAT, exceeds £2,500.\n(2) Where confirmatory faculty is sought.\n(3) Where grave space is reserved.\n(4) Where body is to be exhumed.\n(5) Where light or air agreement is to be approved.\n(6) Where faculty is sought under Open Spaces Act 1906 (c. 25).\n(7) Where road widening scheme is approved.\n(8) Where Chancellor so directs in case of unusual difficulty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1242/note",
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  "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."
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