The Synod of Eastern Australia Property Act 1918 (NSW)

The Synod of Eastern Australia Property Act 1918 (Private Act)

An Act to make better provision for the vesting, holding, and management of, and dealing with all property in the State of New South Wales held by or on behalf of or in connection with the Synod of Eastern Australia or any congregations, bodies, and adherents connected therewith, and whether standing in the names of the said synod or any congregations, bodies, or adherents connected therewith, or any person or persons holding the same in trust for the said synod or any such congregations, bodies, or adherents, and for other purposes in connection with the premises.

Preamble WHEREAS the Synod of Eastern Australia holding the same doctrines and principles as the Free Church of Scotland as embodied in her claim of rights agreed to by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and in the Act of Separation and "Deed of Demission" of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, was formed on the tenth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and has ever since continued intact and discharges the functions of a Presbyterian Church: And whereas the said Synod of Eastern Australia is sometimes styled "The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia" and "The Free Presbyterian Church of New South Wales" and "The Free Church" and similar names, and comprehends various congregations or bodies of Presbyterians throughout the State of New South Wales holding the aforesaid doctrines and principles, and being subject to the authority of the said synod: And whereas the various properties held by or on behalf of or in connection with the said synod, congregations, bodies, and adherents are not vested in a uniform way or in one central authority and continual trouble and expense are entailed upon the synod by reason of trustees or joint or last remaining holders of such property dying or resigning or becoming incapable or unable or unwilling to act as trustees or holders of the said property or to appoint new trustees in the place of those so dying or resigning or becoming incapable, unable, or unwilling to act or to execute necessary assurances and the like: And whereas the said synod, with the consent and approbation of the said congregations, bodies, and adherents, and their ministers and the various trustees and holders now living, has resolved that it is expedient that all such properties as aforesaid, and also any property which may hereafter be held by any person or persons in trust for the said synod, congregations, bodies, or adherents as aforesaid shall vest in one body of trustees, and that the same shall be a body corporate: Be it therefore enacted by the Kings'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: