# Parochial Fees Order 1989, 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 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1245/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parochial-fees-order-1989/schedule/paragraph-1
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