Church of England Land Act 1937 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LAND ACT 1937

[Consolidated as at 26 February 2013 on the authority of the Administrator and in accordance with the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980]

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

1. Short title 1A. Definitions 1B. Constitution of Trust 1C. Proceedings of Trust 2. Vesting of lands in Commonwealth 3. Land to vest for the use of Church of England 4. Trusts upon which lands are held First Schedule Second Schedule Third Schedule Fourth Schedule Fifth Schedule

NORFOLK ISLAND

Church of England Land Act 1937 _______________________________________________________________________

An Act to vest in the Commonwealth certain Lands in Norfolk Island granted as a site for a Church of England, and for other purposes Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Church of England Land Act 1937. Definitions 1A. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears  "member" means a member of the Trust other than the Archbishop; "the Archbishop" means the Archbishop of Sydney or the person for the time being holding the office of Archbishop of the Diocese in which the Church or Churches in which religious services according to the doctrines, rites and ceremonies of the Church of England are performed in Norfolk Island are for the time being placed. "the Trust" means the Trust constituted by section 1B of this Act. Constitution of Trust 1B. (1) Notwithstanding the repeal of section 1B of the Church of England Land Act 1937-1942 effected by section 4 of the Church of England Land Act 1970, the body corporate established by section 1B of the Church of England Land Act 1937-1942 under the name Church of England Property Trust  (a) is preserved and continues in existence as a body corporate with perpetual succession under and subject to the provisions of this Act under that name but so that the corporate identity of the body corporate shall not be affected; (b) shall have a seal; (c) is capable of suing and being sued; and (d) shall be constituted as provided in the next succeeding subsection. (2) The Trust consists of  (a) The Archbishop; (b) one member, being a male person who  (i) is, when appointed, a person ordinarily resident in Norfolk Island; and (ii) is a lineal descendant of a person who was an original settler in Norfolk Island, being a settler generally referred to as a Pitcairner, appointed for the purpose of this paragraph;