LegalizeThe Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2025
Made: 12th February 2025
Laid before Parliament: 20th March 2025
Coming into force in accordance with article 1.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annual fees
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Payment of fees
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revocation
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Duties of the diocesan registrar
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Supplementary annual fee
6
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Travel, subsistence and accommodation
7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Value Added Tax
8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Bath and Wells | 91,928 | 53,982 | 145,910 |
| Birmingham | 55,544 | 43,567 | 99,111 |
| Blackburn | 59,783 | 53,092 | 112,875 |
| Bristol | 56,090 | 43,956 | 100,046 |
| Canterbury | 62,693 | 49,259 | 111,952 |
| Carlisle | 65,810 | 45,483 | 111,293 |
| Chelmsford | 98,864 | 57,780 | 156,644 |
| Chester | 73,554 | 49,899 | 123,453 |
| Chichester | 82,345 | 60,454 | 142,799 |
| Coventry | 52,298 | 51,885 | 104,183 |
| Derby | 61,895 | 50,690 | 112,585 |
| Durham | 57,588 | 50,297 | 107,885 |
| Ely | 63,843 | 49,836 | 113,679 |
| Exeter | 94,821 | 55,418 | 150,239 |
| Gloucester | 69,540 | 49,569 | 119,109 |
| Guildford | 51,201 | 53,667 | 104,868 |
| Hereford | 67,586 | 51,045 | 118,631 |
| Leeds | 80,017 | 81,262 | 161,279 |
| Leicester | 65,394 | 45,475 | 110,869 |
| Lichfield | 91,064 | 57,743 | 148,807 |
| Lincoln | 106,399 | 43,164 | 149,563 |
| Liverpool | 57,182 | 50,603 | 107,785 |
| London | 106,627 | 69,240 | 175,867 |
| Manchester | 62,332 | 55,354 | 117,686 |
| Newcastle | 59,761 | 42,904 | 102,665 |
| Norwich | 108,890 | 44,939 | 153,829 |
| Oxford | 147,072 | 48,061 | 195,133 |
| Peterborough | 65,820 | 54,760 | 120,580 |
| Portsmouth | 38,693 | 56,327 | 95,020 |
| Rochester | 62,193 | 50,522 | 112,715 |
| St Albans | 76,718 | 56,161 | 132,879 |
| St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | 79,680 | 51,574 | 131,254 |
| Salisbury | 93,465 | 52,984 | 146,449 |
| Sheffield | 54,012 | 46,606 | 100,618 |
| Southwark | 77,507 | 68,411 | 145,918 |
| Southwell and Nottingham | 59,256 | 50,171 | 109,427 |
| Truro | 61,712 | 45,476 | 107,188 |
| Winchester | 65,839 | 50,878 | 116,717 |
| Worcester | 55,498 | 51,499 | 106,997 |
| York | 92,257 | 56,915 | 149,172 |
TABLE 2 — Annual fees payable to provincial registrars
PART A — Fees payable
| Fee£ | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Annual fee for joint registrars of the province of Canterbury | 187,700 |
| 2. | Annual fee for joint registrars of the province of York | 117,909 |
PART B — Duties and professional services not falling within the scope of the annual fee
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SCHEDULE 2 — The scope of the annual fee
Professional services to be provided by the diocesan registrar
1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restrictions on the provisions of paragraph 1
2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advice or assistance given to the diocesan bishop, suffragan bishops or archdeacons
3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Work not falling within the scope of the annual fee
4
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disbursements
5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signed
S. Roberts — J. Munro — A. Spriggs — C. Fender — +D. Williams — L.M. Connacher — P. Hopkins — C. Smith — Fees Advisory Commission — 19th January 2025
C. Smith — Fees Advisory Commission — 19th January 2025
This Order was approved by the General Synod on 12th February 2025.
A. S. McGregor — Registrar of the General Synod
Explanatory note
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 an order made under the 2018 Measure is to be reimbursed by the Church Commissioners.
[^f00004]: S.I. 2023/864.
[^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) Regulation 2025.
[^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
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reading this document does not replace reading the official text published on legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We assume no responsibility for any inaccuracies arising from the conversion of the original CLML XML to this format.
This text is published under legislation.gov.uk's own terms of reuse, not a Legalize or public-domain licence.
legislation.gov.uk
Open Government Licence v3.0 (attribution required)
© Crown and database right. Derived from content available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 from legislation.gov.uk.