PART 3Parochial Fees
Prescribed feesI1C16
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”)—
F1a
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.