Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW)

Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust Act 1990 No 67

An Act to constitute the Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust and to specify its functions, and to provide for the vesting of certain property in the Trust.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust Act 1990.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— appointed day means the day on which section 4 commences. Board means the Board referred to in section 4A. Church means the Coptic Orthodox Churches, Diocese of Sydney and Affiliated Regions, a part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, a hierarchical Christian body whose leader, overseer and shepherd is the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and includes any Church entity. Church entity means a body, corporate or unincorporate, established by the Church after the appointed day which— (a) has objectives not inconsistent with those of the Church as set out in the constitution, and (b) is certified in writing by the Trust to be a Church entity for the purposes of this Act. Company means the company limited by guarantee, incorporated in New South Wales under the name Coptic Orthodox Church, Diocese of Australia, Parish of New South Wales (Holdings) Limited. constitution means— (a) the constitution of the Church adopted on 11 September 2022 by Pope Tawadros II, as amended from time to time, or (b) a document approved by the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark to replace the constitution referred to in paragraph (a). conveyance includes transfer, assignment and assurance. Diocesan Trustee means a person appointed or elected, from time to time, as a Diocesan Trustee under the constitution. Trust means the Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust constituted by this Act. trust property means property vested in or acquired by the Trust. (2) In this Act— (a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and (b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.