Explanatory note

This Order increases the fees fixed by the Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers (Fees) Order 1990 (other than the fees for certain items in connection with the register of patrons under the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986 (where the amount payable is, in effect, a fair and reasonable sum rather than a fixed fee), the fees for acting as presiding officer at elections to the General Synod, and the fees of £50 and 50p payable on taxation of costs in discipline and faculty appeal cases, which are fixed as percentages of the £1,000 and £20 figures to which they relate). The Order also prescribes new court fees for the giving of directions and for work by the judge in preparing a written judgement or drafting the form of the Order.

The practice of most of the Chancellors in exercising their jurisdiction in relation to item 2 of Table I has been to designate the following as matters for major faculties–

Where estimated cost of work, excluding professional fees and VAT, exceeds £2,500.

Where confirmatory faculty is sought.

Where grave space is reserved.

Where a body is to be exhumed.

Where light or air agreement is to be approved.

Where faculty is sought under Open Spaces Act 1906 (c. 25).

Where road widening scheme is approved.

Where Chancellor so directs in case of unusual difficulty.