6.—(1) Parochial fees are payable to a diocesan board of finance and to a parochial church council in respect of each of the matters listed in the first column of the table in Schedule 1 as follows.
(2) The fee payable in the calendar year 1st January to 31st December 2020 is the base figure for that matter—
(a)increased by the percentage by which the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) for August 2019 is greater than that for August 2018, and
(b)rounded up to the nearest £1.
(3) The fee payable in each subsequent calendar year is the fee payable for that matter in the preceding calendar year (“Year A”)—
[F1(a)increased by the lower of—
(i)the percentage by which the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) for August in Year A is greater than that for August in the calendar year preceding Year A, and
(ii)5%,] and
(b)rounded up to the nearest £1.
(4) But where there is no increase in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), the percentage for the purposes of paragraph (2) or (3) is to be treated as zero.
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 6(3)(a) substituted (1.3.2023) by The Parochial Fees (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/164), arts. 1(2), 2(1) (with art. 2(2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. 6 modified (1.3.2023) by The Parochial Fees (Amendment) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/164), arts. 1(2), 2(3)
Commencement Information