Anglican Church of Australia Trust Property Act 1917 (NSW)

Anglican Church of Australia Trust Property Act 1917 No 21

An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to property held upon any trust for or for the use, benefit, or purposes of the Church of England in dioceses within New South Wales, and the Acts conferring powers upon the synods of the said dioceses with reference to the said property; and for other purposes.

Preamble WHEREAS the Acts relating to property held upon any trust for or for the use, benefit, or purposes of the Church of England in dioceses within New South Wales, and the Acts conferring powers upon the synods of the dioceses with reference to the said property are numerous, ambiguous, and discursive, and it is therefore expedient to consolidate and amend the same— 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 1A Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Anglican Church of Australia Trust Property Act 1917.

Part 1 Repeal and amendment

2 Repeal (1) The Acts mentioned in Schedule 1 are hereby repealed, but notwithstanding the said repeal the said Acts shall continue to apply as if unrepealed to the Diocese of Newcastle and to all the trust property matters and things of or pertaining to the said diocese until the synod of the said diocese shall make an ordinance declaring a desire to have the benefit of this Act, and shall in the name and under the hand of the Bishop of the said diocese notify such ordinance in the Gazette, and immediately upon such notification and thenceforth the provisions of this Act shall apply to the said diocese and to all the trust property matters and things of or pertaining to the said diocese. (2) The said repeal shall not affect ordinances passed, trustees constituted as bodies politic and corporate, persons elected or appointed trustees or members of bodies politic and corporate, property vested, acts and things validated, or certificates given under the said Acts, or any of them. (3) Except so far as there is anything in this Act inconsistent therewith, this Act shall apply to all matters and things made, done, or commenced under the said repealed Acts, and at the commencement of this Act of any force or effect or capable of acquiring any force or effect by virtue of the said repealed Acts as if this Act had been in force at the time they were made, done, or commenced, and they were made, done, or commenced hereunder.