# The Ecclesiastical Judges and Legal Officers(Fees) Order 1997, Part TABLE 1: FACULTY AND OTHER FEES


Except where the contrary intention appears, this Table and Table II apply to the following proceedings–
(1) Faculty petitions and other faculty proceedings (including appeals);
(2) Proceedings for an injunction or a restoration order under section 13(4) and (5) of the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (including appeals); and
(3) Proceedings under section 4 of the Care of Cathedrals (Supplementary Provisions) Measure 1994 (including appeals).
Dean of the Arches, Vicar General or Chancellor
Registrar or other Officersby usage performing the duty
£
£
1 Archdeacon’s Faculty. Fee payable on lodging petition (rule 3).
–
42
2 Chancellor’s Faculty. Fees payable on lodging petition (rule 3).
30
67
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.
105-165
68-99
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
30
25
5 Fees on the Judge, Court 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
63-190
42-126
(ii) directions given by registrar
–
63-190
(b) on the giving of other directions–
(i) directions given by Judge or Court
26-76
17-50
(ii) directions given by registrar
–
26-76
6 Fees where the issue, whether opposed or unopposed, whether interlocutory or final, is to be heard in Court or in Chambers before the Chancellor’s Court , the Vicar-General’s Court, the Arches Court of Canterbury or Chancery Court or York, or the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved–
(a) if the case lasts half a day or less
197
150
(b) if the case lasts a whole day or more than half (fees on same scale for subsequent days)
332
249
7 Fee on the Judge or other member of the Court preparing a written judgment 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 or other member of the Court as spent in such work, and by whom the fee is to be paid to be determined by the Court.
32
–
8 Preparatory and ancillary work and correspondence (if any) in relation to petition for faculty, appeal or other proceedings - not to exceed without the sanction of the Judge.
–
30
9 (a) No fees are payable under paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 to the members of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved.
(b) In the case of the Arches Court of Canterbury or the Chancery Court of York (constituted in accordance with section 47(1)(b) of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963)–
(i) any fee payable under paragraph 5(b) to the Dean of the Arches shall be payable to each member of those Courts who joins in the giving of directions within that sub-paragraph;
(ii) any fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 6 payable under that paragraph to the Dean of the Arches shall be payable to each member of those Courts; and
(iii) a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 7 shall be payable to each member of those Courts who prepares a separate written judgment or who is principally responsible for drafting the form of order or both.
(c) All other fees of the Registry (otherwise than in respect of an unopposed faculty petition which is not the subject of a hearing before the Consistory Court) are to be paid on the same scale as allowed for Court fees, from time to time, in the Supreme Court of Judicature.
(d) “Judge” means the Chancellor or Presiding Judge of the Appellate Court.
(e) References to Rules are to the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 1992.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1889/schedule/part/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-judges-and-legal-officersfees-order-1997/schedule/part-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.