Statutory Instruments

1951 No. 1534

TITHE, ENGLAND

The Tithe Fees Rules, 1951

Made

20th August 1951

Laid before Parliament

21st August 1951

Coming into Operation

1st September 1951

By virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2) of Section 7 and by subsection (4) of Section 10 of the Tithe Act, 1951, the Tithe Redemption Commission, with the approval of the Treasury, hereby make the following rules:—

1.  In these Rules—

(a)Commission” means the “Tithe Redemption Commission” and

(b)corn rent annuity” means an annuity charged on land for the redemption of tithe rent charge or of a corn rent, rentcharge or money payment redeemed under the Tithe Acts, 1936 to 1936.

2.  These Rules may be cited as The Tithe Fees Rules, 1951, and shall come into operation on the first day of September, 1951.

3.  The fees set out in the Schedules to these Rules shall be payable for and in respect of the matters therein more particularly described.

FIRST SCHEDULE

PART I

For copies of or extracts from documents relating to tithes or tithe rentcharges and made under the Tithe Acts 1836 to 1925, a fee (exclusive of any fee for a map) at the rate of 4d. per folio of 72 words with a minimum of 3s. 6d.

PART II

For a copy of or extract from a map forming part of or referred to in any of the documents mentioned in Part I of this Schedule, a fee calculated at the following rates per square foot, or part thereof, of the copy or extract:—

  • Tracing:—On linen, 10s. 6d.; on paper, 7s. 6d.

  • Photographic copy (where practicable):—2s.

PART III

Additional fee for the certification of the truth of any such copy or extract as is mentioned in this Schedule:—

(1)

in respect of documents other than maps, a fee of 1s. and

(2)

in respect of maps, a fee equal to one half of the fee for the supply of the copy or extract.

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I

For the supply, without maps, of copies of or extracts from the following documents made under the Tithe Acts, 1936 and 1951.

Document Fee
For the first two pages of the copy or extract an inclusive and minimum fee of the amount stated below, and for each extra page an additional fee of 9d.
s. d.
Annuities Registers3 0
Documents relating to Annuities

Order for Apportionment

Determination of amount

Determination of amount and apportionment or extinguishment

Order for Extinguishment

Order for Reduction

Declaration that no annuity is charged in a district

2 0
Determination of amount (where tithe rentcharge was contingent)2 6

Determination of amount and Order for reduction or extinguishment

Determination of amount and Order for apportionment and reduction

3 0
Documents relating to the issue of Stock
Determination of the amount of stock or of the persons entitled to receive it2 0
Documents relating to Chancel Repairs

Record of Ascertainments where liability subsists

Ascertainments that liability has ceased

Declarations that no liability exists, or to any other effect

2 0

PART II

For a copy of or extract from a map which formed part of or was annexed to any of the documents mentioned in Part I of this Schedule a fee is to be taken calculated at the following rates per square foot of the copy or extract:—

  • Tracing:—On linen, 15s.; on paper, 12s. 6d.

  • Photographic copy (where practicable) with the boundaries of tithe-areas super-imposed thereon in colour:—12s. 6d.

PART III

Additional fee for the certification of the truth of any such copy or extract as is mentioned in this Schedule:—

(1)

in respect of documents other than maps, a fee of 1s. and

(2)

in respect of maps, a fee equal to one half of the fee for the supply of the copy or extract.

THIRD SCHEDULE

(relating to the apportionment or the redemption of corn rent annuities)

PART I

On an order or certificate for the apportionment, without a map, of a corn rent annuity a fee calculated in accordance with the following scale:—

Where the annuity, or the aggregate of the annuities, apportioned—Fee
£ s. d.
Does not exceed £52 0 0
Exceeds £5 but does not exceed £103 0 0
Exceeds £10 but does not exceed £253 10 0
Exceeds £25 but does not exceed £504 0 0
Exceeds £50 but does not exceed £754 10 0
Exceeds £75 but does not exceed £1005 0 0
For each further £50 or part of £50 up to £5000 7 6
For each further £100 or part of £100 exceeding £5000 7 6

And additional fees as follows:—

(i) where more annuities than one are apportioned and there is more than one annuitant, for each additional annuitant a fee equal to one-third of the fee calculated on the above scale; and

(ii) a fee of 5s. in respect of each area beyond two on which a separate annuity is apportioned.

PART II

Where a map is desired by the Applicant or in the opinion of the Commission is necessary for an order or certificate for the apportionment of a corn rent annuity, an additional fee calculated in accordance with the following scale:—

Area to be mapped—Fee
£ s. d.
Does not exceed 5 acres2 5 0
Exceeds 5 acres but does not exceed 10 acres2 10 0
Exceeds 10 acres but does not exceed 15 acres2 15 0
Exceeds 15 acres but does not exceed 20 acres3 0 0
For each further 20 acres or part of 20 acres0 7 6