Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018

87 Fees: power of chancellor

(1) Where a faculty is or has been granted for a relevant purpose, the chancellor of the diocese may determine the amount of the fees payable to the PCC or the diocesan board of finance.

(2) Each of the following is a relevant purpose—

(a) the introduction of a monument in a church;

(b) an additional inscription on a monument in a church;

(c) the erection of a monument in a churchyard;

(d) an additional inscription on a monument in a churchyard;

(e) the reservation of a grave space;

(f) the construction of a vault;

(g) the burial of cremated remains in or under a church or in a closed churchyard.

(3) The reference in subsection (1) to a faculty is, where the relevant purpose is within subsection (2)(c), (d) or (g), a reference to a particular (as opposed to general) faculty.

(4) In this section—

• “burial” and “monument” each have the same meaning as in Schedule A1 to the Ecclesiastical Fees Measure 1986;

• “church” and “churchyard” each have the same meaning as in that Measure (see section 10 of that Measure).

(5) This section does not affect any power which exists apart from this section.