LegalizeThe Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2023
Made: 7th July 2023
Laid before Parliament: 31st July 2023
Coming into force: 1st January 2024
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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
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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 2024
| Diocese | Payable by diocesan board of finance | Liability of the diocesan bishop | Total |
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| Bath and Wells | 83,571 | 49,075 | 132,646 |
| Birmingham | 50,495 | 39,607 | 90,102 |
| Blackburn | 54,348 | 48,266 | 102,614 |
| Bristol | 50,991 | 39,960 | 90,951 |
| Canterbury | 56,994 | 44,781 | 101,775 |
| Carlisle | 59,827 | 41,348 | 101,175 |
| Chelmsford | 89,876 | 52,527 | 142,403 |
| Chester | 66,867 | 45,363 | 112,230 |
| Chichester | 74,859 | 54,959 | 129,818 |
| Coventry | 47,543 | 47,169 | 94,712 |
| Derby | 56,269 | 46,082 | 102,351 |
| Durham | 52,352 | 45,724 | 98,076 |
| Ely | 58,039 | 45,306 | 103,345 |
| Exeter | 86,201 | 50,380 | 136,581 |
| Gloucester | 63,219 | 45,063 | 108,282 |
| Guildford | 46,546 | 48,788 | 95,334 |
| Hereford | 61,442 | 46,404 | 107,846 |
| Leeds | 72,743 | 73,874 | 146,617 |
| Leicester | 59,449 | 41,341 | 100,790 |
| Lichfield | 82,785 | 52,494 | 135,279 |
| Lincoln | 96,726 | 39,240 | 135,966 |
| Liverpool | 51,983 | 46,003 | 97,986 |
| London | 96,934 | 62,945 | 159,879 |
| Manchester | 56,666 | 50,322 | 106,988 |
| Newcastle | 54,328 | 39,004 | 93,332 |
| Norwich | 98,991 | 40,854 | 139,845 |
| Oxford | 133,702 | 43,692 | 177,394 |
| Peterborough | 59,836 | 49,782 | 109,618 |
| Portsmouth | 35,176 | 51,207 | 86,383 |
| Rochester | 56,540 | 45,929 | 102,469 |
| St Albans | 69,744 | 51,055 | 120,799 |
| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | 72,436 | 46,885 | 119,321 |
| Salisbury | 84,969 | 48,167 | 133,136 |
| Sheffield | 49,102 | 42,369 | 91,471 |
| Southwark | 70,461 | 62,191 | 132,652 |
| Southwell and Nottingham | 53,869 | 45,610 | 99,479 |
| Truro | 56,102 | 41,341 | 97,443 |
| Winchester | 59,853 | 46,253 | 106,106 |
| Worcester | 50,453 | 46,817 | 97,270 |
| York | 83,870 | 51,741 | 135,611 |
TABLE 2 — Annual fees payable to provincial registrars in respect of 2024
PART A — Fees payable
| Fee£ | ||
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| 1. | Annual fee for joint registrars of the province of Canterbury | 160,600 |
| 2. | Annual fee for joint registrars of the province of York | 110,798 |
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
R. Cooper — J. Munro — A. Spriggs — C. Fender — +D. Williams — L.M. Connacher — P. Hopkins — C. Smith — Fees Advisory Commission — 15th June 2023
C. Smith — Fees Advisory Commission — 15th June 2023
This Order was approved by the General Synod on 7th July 2023.
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 have been 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. 2022/879.
[^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, 2013 and 2021.
[^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-6abba8839f3c63470911566c51fd809c]: Order revoked (21.3.2025 and to be treated as having ceased to have effect from 31.12.2024) by The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/372), arts. 1(2), 4 (with art. 6)
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