Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986

10 Interpretation. E

In this Measure the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them—

• “ecclesiastical judges” means the Dean of the Court of Arches and the Auditor of the Chancery Court of York, the Vicars General of the provinces of Canterbury and York, the Commissary General and Diocesan Chancellors [F1 , and the deputies of any of them];

• “legal officers” means the provincial registrars, diocesan registrars, bishops’ legal secretaries and chapter clerks [F2 , and the deputy provincial and diocesan registrars];

• “parish” means any ecclesiastical parish or other place the incumbent or minister whereof either is entitled to retain for his own benefit or is under a duty to pay over to any other person the parochial fees chargeable;

• “parochial fees” mean any fees payable to a parochial church council, to a clerk in Holy Orders, or to any other person performing duties in connection with a parish for, or in respect of, the solemnization or performance of church offices or the erection of monuments in churchyards or such other services or matters as may by law or custom be included in a Parochial Fees Order and such other services or matters for which, in the opinion of the Church Commissioners, the payment of fees is appropriate, except fees or other charges payable under section 214 of, and Schedule 26 to, the Local Government Act 1972 (burial fee) or fees payable under section 62 of the M1 Cremation Act 1902 (cremation service fees).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 10 inserted (1.3.1993) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1), s. 10, Sch. 6 para. 4(a) (with s. 31(6)); Instrument dated 16.2.1993 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

F2 Words in s. 10 inserted (1.3.1993) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1), s. 10, Sch. 6 para. 4(b) (with s. 31(6)); Instrument dated 16.2.1993 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

Marginal Citations

M1 1902 c. 8.