Paragraph 1 Clerks and Sextons

In certain parishes there will still be a person who

(i)

was employed in a parish immediately before 1 January 1977 (the date on which the Parochial Fees Order 1976^f1 came into operation) as a parish clerk or sexton; or

(ii)

under the terms of his or her employment carried out the duties of a clerk or sexton and was entitled to fees payable for such duties.

That person is, in relation to that parish, entitled to be paid the sum specified in col. 4 for performing a clerk’s duties or that in col. 5 for performing a sexton’s duties; and the sum shown in col. 2 as payable to the parochial church council shall be reduced accordingly.

Where there is no person entitled as above to the sum specified in col. 4 or col. 5 (or either of them) such sum or sums are payable to the incumbent, if he was incumbent of the parish immediately before 1 January 1977; and the sum shown in col. 2 as payable to the parochial church council shall be reduced accordingly.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1976/1112.