Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986

4 Constitution of Fees Advisory Commission. E

(1) After every ordinary election to the General Synod the Archbishops of Canterbury and York shall jointly request—

(a) the Lord Chancellor to appoint a person who is or has been a judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court of Justice, a circuit judge or a recorder;

(b) the chairman of the Bar Council to appoint a barrister;

and

(c) the president of the Law Society to appoint a solicitor;

and the three persons so appointed together with—

[F1 (d) a member or officer of the Archbishops’ Council nominated for the purposes of this Measure by that Council;

(dd) a Church Commissioner or an officer of the Church Commissioners nominated for the purposes of this Measure by them; and]

[F2 (e) a member of the General Synod appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Church of England,]

shall constitute the Fees Advisory Commission.

F3 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The members of the Fees Advisory Commission appointed under [F4 paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e)] of that subsection (the “appointed members”) shall hold office until, after the next following ordinary election to the General Synod, further appointments are made under this section.

[F5 (3A) The members of the Fees Advisory Commission nominated under paragraphs (d) and (dd) of subsection (1) above shall serve on the Commission during the pleasure of the Archbishops’ Council or the Church Commissioners, respectively.]

(4) If an appointed member of the Fees Advisory Commission dies or resigns, then—

(a) if he was appointed under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) above, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York shall jointly request the person who appointed him to appoint as a member of the Commission another person who is qualified for appointment under the paragraph in question;

(b) if he was appointed under paragraph (e) of that subsection, the [F6 Appointments Committee of the Church of England] shall appoint as a member of the Commission another member of [F7 the General Synod],

and a person appointed under this subsection shall hold office for the period for which the person who has died or resigned would have held office.

(5) The Fees Advisory Commission shall be entitled to act notwithstanding any temporary vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any of its members.

(6) An appointed member of the Fees Advisory Commission whose term of office comes to an end shall be eligible for reappointment.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 4(1)(d)(dd) substituted (1.9.2000) for s. 4(1)(d) by 2000 Measure No. 1, s. 16(2); Instrument dated 30.8.2000 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F2 S. 4(1)(e) substituted (1.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/1715, arts. 1(2)(4), 4(4), Sch. 2 para. 2(2); Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F3 S. 4(2) repealed (1.1.2001) by 2000 Measure No. 1, s. 20, Sch. 8 Pt. I; Instrument dated 14.12.2000 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F4 Words in S. 4(3) substituted (1.9.2000) by 2000 Measure No. 1, s. 16(3); Instrument dated 30.8.2000 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F5 S. 4(3A) inserted (1.9.2000) by 2000 Measure No. 1, s. 16(4); Instrument dated 30.8.2000 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F6 Words in s. 4(4)(b) substituted (1.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/1715, arts. 1(2)(4), 4(4), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(a); Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

F7 Words in s. 4)(4)(b) substituted (1.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/1715, arts. 1(2)(4), 4(4), Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(b); Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 4: Functions of Standing Committee transferred (1.1.1999) to Appointments Committee by S.I. 1998/1715, arts. 1(2)(4), 2, Sch. 1 para. 2(1); Instrument dated 14.10.1998 made by Archbishops of Canterbury and York