Church of England Act 1981 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACT 1981

[Consolidated as at 1 March 1985 on the authority of the Administrator and in accordance with the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980] ________

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Application of the 1902 Act 4. Application of the 1961 Act 5. Power to change name, etc 6. Notice of resolution to be published 7. Application, etc

NORFOLK ISLAND

Church of England Act 1981 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

An Act relating to the Church of England in Norfolk Island

Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Church of England Act 1981. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "the 1902 Act" means the Church of England Constitutions Act Amendment Act of 1902 of the State of New South Wales as from time to time in force; "the 1961 Act" means the Church of England in Australia Constitution Act, 1961 of the State of New South Wales as from time to time in force; "the Trust" means the Trust constituted by section 1B of the Church of England Land Act 1937. Application of the 1902 Act 3. (1) Subject to this section and to section 5, the provisions of — (a) sections 4 and 5 of the 1902 Act; and (b) all ordinances and rules made under or by virtue or in pursuance of the Constitutions contained in the Schedule to the 1902 Act now in force and from time to time in force in so far as they affect or relate to the Diocese of Sydney, shall apply mutatis mutandis to and in respect of Norfolk Island as if references in that Act or in those ordinances and rules to the State of New South Wales included reference to Norfolk Island. (2) An ordinance or rule referred to in paragraph 3(1)(b) which contravenes any law in force for the time being in Norfolk Island, shall to the extent of such contravention be incapable of having any force or effect.