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.