The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2020
Made: 27th October 2020
Laid before Parliament: 21st December 2020
Coming into force: 1st January 2021
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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 2019 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 in respect of 2021
| Diocese | Payable by diocesan board of finance | Liability of the diocesan bishop | Total |
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| Bath and Wells | 67,980 | 39,920 | 107,900 |
| Birmingham | 41,464 | 32,523 | 73,986 |
| Blackburn | 43,985 | 39,062 | 83,047 |
| Bristol | 41,200 | 32,287 | 73,487 |
| Canterbury | 46,128 | 36,244 | 82,372 |
| Carlisle | 48,716 | 33,669 | 82,385 |
| Chelmsford | 74,230 | 43,382 | 117,612 |
| Chester | 54,632 | 37,062 | 91,694 |
| Chichester | 61,603 | 45,227 | 106,830 |
| Coventry | 38,734 | 38,429 | 77,163 |
| Derby | 45,932 | 37,617 | 83,549 |
| Durham | 42,691 | 37,286 | 79,977 |
| Ely | 47,285 | 36,911 | 84,196 |
| Exeter | 70,610 | 41,268 | 111,878 |
| Gloucester | 51,139 | 36,453 | 87,592 |
| Guildford | 37,756 | 39,574 | 77,330 |
| Hereford | 49,909 | 37,693 | 87,603 |
| Leicester | 48,401 | 33,658 | 82,058 |
| Lichfield | 67,805 | 42,995 | 110,801 |
| Lincoln | 79,127 | 32,101 | 111,227 |
| Liverpool | 42,391 | 37,514 | 79,904 |
| London | 80,076 | 51,998 | 132,075 |
| Manchester | 46,483 | 41,280 | 87,763 |
| Newcastle | 44,281 | 31,790 | 76,071 |
| Norwich | 81,399 | 33,594 | 114,993 |
| Oxford | 107,836 | 35,239 | 143,076 |
| Peterborough | 48,582 | 40,419 | 89,002 |
| Portsmouth | 28,582 | 41,608 | 70,190 |
| Rochester | 46,033 | 37,395 | 83,428 |
| St Albans | 56,655 | 41,473 | 98,128 |
| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | 58,290 | 37,729 | 96,019 |
| Salisbury | 69,539 | 39,421 | 108,960 |
| Sheffield | 40,420 | 34,878 | 75,299 |
| Southwark | 56,813 | 50,145 | 106,959 |
| Southwell and Nottingham | 43,733 | 37,028 | 80,761 |
| Truro | 45,863 | 33,796 | 79,660 |
| Leeds | 60,134 | 61,069 | 121,202 |
| Winchester | 49,417 | 38,188 | 87,606 |
| Worcester | 40,801 | 37,861 | 78,663 |
| York | 68,893 | 42,502 | 111,394 |
TABLE 2 — Annual fees payable to provincial registrars in respect of 2021
PART A — Fees payable
| Fee£ | ||
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| 1. | Annual fee for joint registrars of the province of Canterbury | 164,568 |
| 2. | Annual fee for joint registrars of the province of York | 79,479 |
PART B — Duties and professional services not falling within the scope of the annual fee
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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 — A. Spriggs — J. Munro — W. E. Husselby — J. R. Jones — +D. Williams — L. M. Connacher — G. Tattersall — C. Smith — The Fees Advisory Commission — 2020-10-27
This Order was approved by the General Synod on 23rd November 2020.
A. S. McGregor — Registrar of the General Synod
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2018 No. 3.
[^f00002]: 15 & 16 Geo. 5 No. 3; relevant amendments were made by the Synodical Government Measure 1969 (1969 No. 2).
[^f00003]: Section 86(6) of the 2018 Measure provides that any sum paid by a bishop or archbishop by virtue of any order made under the 2018 Measure shall be reimbursed by the Church Commissioners.
[^f00004]: S.I. 2019/1187.
[^f00005]: 2003 No. 3.
[^f00006]: 1994 No. 3; amended by the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003.
[^f00007]: S.I. 2009/1931.
[^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]: A regulation passed by the General Synod, amended by the Vacancy in See Committees (Amendment) Regulations 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2013.
[^f00017]: S.I. 1964/1755.
[^f00018]: 2003 No. 3.
[^f00019]: 1977 No. 1 and 1993 No. 1.
[^f00020]: 2011 No. 1.
[^f00021]: S.I. 2009/2108
Editorial notes
[^key-3b7019eadfc9112dc850dedac6da3ea8]: Order revoked (1.1.2022) by The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/844), arts. 1(2), 4
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