LegalizeThe Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2012
Made: 6th July 2012
Laid before Parliament: 19th July 2012
Coming into force: 1st January 2013
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
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Annual fees
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Payment of fees
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Revocation of 2011 Order
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Duties of the diocesan registrar
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Supplementary annual fee
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Travel, subsistence and accommodation
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Value Added Tax
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SCHEDULE 1 — Fees payable under this Order
TABLE 1 — Annual fees payable to diocesan registrars
| Diocese | Payable by diocesan board of finance | Liability of the diocesan bishop | Total |
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| Bath and Wells | 38,270 | 22,474 | 60,744 |
| Birmingham | 23,774 | 18,647 | 42,421 |
| Blackburn | 24,985 | 22,189 | 47,174 |
| Bradford | 16,806 | 22,170 | 38,976 |
| Bristol | 23,146 | 18,139 | 41,285 |
| Canterbury | 26,628 | 20,922 | 47,550 |
| Carlisle | 27,954 | 19,319 | 47,273 |
| Chelmsford | 42,175 | 24,649 | 66,824 |
| Chester | 30,935 | 20,987 | 51,922 |
| Chichester | 33,839 | 24,844 | 58,683 |
| Coventry | 21,773 | 21,602 | 43,375 |
| Derby | 25,988 | 21,284 | 47,272 |
| Durham | 25,299 | 22,096 | 47,395 |
| Ely | 27,930 | 21,802 | 49,732 |
| Exeter | 39,068 | 22,834 | 61,902 |
| Gloucester | 28,973 | 20,653 | 49,626 |
| Guildford | 21,214 | 22,235 | 43,449 |
| Hereford | 28,539 | 21,554 | 50,093 |
| Leicester | 27,102 | 18,846 | 45,948 |
| Lichfield | 37,966 | 24,074 | 62,040 |
| Lincoln | 43,187 | 17,521 | 60,708 |
| Liverpool | 25,127 | 22,237 | 47,364 |
| London | 40,516 | 26,309 | 66,825 |
| Manchester | 27,428 | 24,358 | 51,786 |
| Newcastle | 24,786 | 17,794 | 42,580 |
| Norwich | 46,449 | 19,170 | 65,619 |
| Oxford | 56,844 | 18,576 | 75,420 |
| Peterborough | 28,235 | 23,491 | 51,726 |
| Portsmouth | 16,249 | 23,654 | 39,903 |
| Ripon and Leeds | 22,571 | 19,407 | 41,978 |
| Rochester | 26,509 | 21,534 | 48,043 |
| St Albans | 32,269 | 23,622 | 55,891 |
| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | 35,033 | 22,676 | 57,709 |
| Salisbury | 38,593 | 21,878 | 60,471 |
| Sheffield | 23,347 | 20,146 | 43,493 |
| Southwark | 30,661 | 27,062 | 57,723 |
| Southwell and Nottingham | 25,557 | 21,639 | 47,196 |
| Truro | 25,505 | 18,794 | 44,299 |
| Wakefield | 22,438 | 21,247 | 43,685 |
| Winchester | 27,868 | 21,535 | 49,403 |
| Worcester | 22,143 | 20,547 | 42,690 |
| York | 37,461 | 23,110 | 60,571 |
TABLE 2 — Annual fees payable to provincial registrars
PART A — Fees payable
| Fee£ | ||
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| 1. | Annual fee for joint registrars of the province of Canterbury | 136,255 |
| 2. | Annual fee for registrar of the province of York | 63,150 |
PART B — Duties and professional services not falling within the scope of the annual fee
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Advice or other work in connection with disciplinary proceedings against a clerk in holy orders which have been instituted under section 10 of the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003[^f00005] or in respect of any disciplinary matters arising under or in relation to that Measure including under sections 30 and 31.
(In respect of such advice, a fee calculated in accordance with the Solicitors’ (Non-Contentious Business) Remuneration Order 2009[^f00006] shall be payable by the bishop (except in relation to advice and other work for which a fee is payable under the Ecclesiastical Judges, Legal Officers and Others (Fees) Order for the time being in force made under section 6 of the Measure)).
SCHEDULE 2 — The scope of the annual fee
Professional services to be provided by the diocesan registrar
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Restrictions on the provisions of paragraph 1
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Advice or assistance given to the diocesan bishop, suffragan bishops or archdeacons
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Work not falling within the scope of the annual fee
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Disbursements
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Signed
J Alpass — H Dellar — C Fletcher — M Goddard — J Jones — J Rees — E Renshaw — G Tattersall — T Walker — The Fees Advisory Commission — 6th July 2012
This Order was approved by the General Synod on 6th July 2012
C. J. Podmore — Clerk to the Synod
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1986 No 2; relevant amendments were made by the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (1991 No1), the Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1995 (1995 No 2), S.I. 1998/1715, the Care of Places of Worship Measure 1999 (1999 No 2) and the Ecclesiastical Fees (Amendment) Measure 2011 (2011 No 2).
[^f00002]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 No. 3; relevant amendments were made by the Synodical Government Measure 1969 (1969 No 2).
[^f00003]: Section 8 of the Measure provides that any sum paid by a bishop or archbishop by virtue of any order made under the Measure shall be reimbursed by the Church Commissioners.
[^f00004]: S.I. 2011/1735.
[^f00005]: 2003 No 3.
[^f00006]: S.I. 2009/1931.
[^f00007]: 1994 No 3; amended by the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.
[^f00008]: 2011 No 2.
[^f00009]: 1949 c.76.
[^f00010]: 1983 No 2.
[^f00011]: 2007 No 1.
[^f00012]: 1963 No 1.
[^f00013]: 1867 c.133.
[^f00014]: 1930 No 8.
[^f00015]: 1986 No 3.
[^f00016]: S.I. 1964/1755.
[^f00017]: 1977 No 1 and 1993 No 1.
[^f00018]: 2011 No 1.
Editorial notes
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