Churches of Christ in New South Wales Incorporation Act 1947 (NSW)

Churches of Christ in New South Wales Incorporation Act 1947 No 2

An Act to incorporate the Churches of Christ Property Trust; to define its powers, authorities, duties and functions; to make provision for and in relation to trustees of Churches of Christ and the registration of Churches of Christ; to repeal the Churches of Christ Property Management Act 1906; and for purposes connected therewith. WHEREAS by the Churches of Christ Property Management Act 1906 provision was made amongst other things for the appointment of trustees to hold property on behalf of individual churches known as Churches of Christ and whereas it is expedient to make provision for the more satisfactory control of property held by or on behalf of Churches of Christ in New South Wales by the incorporation of the Churches of Christ Property Trust to hold property on behalf of the association of churches known as Churches of Christ in New South Wales: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act and commencement (1) This Act may be cited as the Churches of Christ in New South Wales Incorporation Act 1947. (2) This Act shall commence upon the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. (3) (Repealed)

2 Repeal The Churches of Christ Property Management Act 1906 is hereby repealed.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires: Church of Christ means the whole of the members whose names are for the time being on the roll of any particular congregation of a church known or styled as a Church of Christ at any particular place in the State of New South Wales, being a church which is affiliated under the Constitution. Church Trustees means the trustees for the time being of any Church of Christ registered or deemed to be registered as trustees of such Church of Christ pursuant to Part 5. Churches of Christ in New South Wales means the association of Churches of Christ affiliated at the commencement of the Churches of Christ in New South Wales Incorporation (Amendment) Act 1982 under the Constitution together with such other Churches of Christ as may from time to time be admitted thereto in accordance with the conditions of admission for the time being in force, but does not include any church whose affiliation has been terminated. Conference means any meeting of delegates of the churches affiliated as "Churches of Christ in New South Wales" duly called together in accordance with the Constitution. Conference Auxiliary means any committee or organisation (not being a Conference Committee) consisting wholly of members of Churches of Christ in New South Wales or elsewhere or any committee or organisation that has for its objects the furtherance of the principles or work of the Churches of Christ in New South Wales or elsewhere or of any Conference Committee and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes the Federal Conference of Churches of Christ in Australia, any Conference of Churches of Christ in any other State or Territory of Australia, any committee or organisation appointed by or formed by the Federal Conference of Churches of Christ in Australia or by any Conference of Churches of Christ in any other State, Territory or Trust Territory of Australia. Conference Committee means any committee or organisation appointed by or formed by Conference and coming either directly or indirectly under the control or direction of Conference. Conference Executive means the committee of that name constituted in accordance with the Constitution. Constitution means the constitution known as "The Constitution of the Conference of Churches of Christ in New South Wales". Member means member of the Trust. Registrar means the person from time to time holding office as Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Trust means the Churches of Christ Property Trust constituted under this Act. (2) Where a church (in this subsection referred to as the new church) known or styled as a Church of Christ at a particular place in the State of New South Wales is established by: (a) any church affiliated under the Constitution, or (b) any committee established by or under the direction of the Churches of Christ in New South Wales, a reference in this Act to a Church of Christ includes a reference to the whole of the members whose names are for the time being on the roll of the congregation of the new church, until: (c) the new church is affiliated under the Constitution, or (d) the end of the next annual meeting of Conference called after the new church is established, whichever first occurs. (3) When the Trust is the only Church Trustee of any Church of Christ, a reference in this Act to the Church Trustees of that Church of Christ shall be construed as a reference to the Trust.