Anglican Church of Australia Act 1895 Amendment Act 1901 (Qld)

Anglican Church of Australia Act 1895 Amendment Act 1901

An Act to amend the Anglican Church of Australia Act 1895

Preamble WHEREAS by the Anglican Church of Australia Act 1895, passed in the 59th year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, it was (amongst other things) enacted that all property which was thereby or should thereafter be vested in or in any manner acquired by any synod constituted a corporation under the provisions of that Act should, so far as the same was subject to any express trusts created by the original donor thereof or declared or contained in any Act of Parliament in which such property was specifically mentioned, be held, managed, and dealt with by such synod in conformity with such trusts, and should, so far as the same was not subject to any such trusts as aforesaid or so far as any such trusts should not extend, be held and managed and might be mortgaged, charged, alienated, or otherwise dealt with and disposed of in such manner as the synod, or any committee to which the synod might delegate its functions in that behalf, might from time to time direct, and that all property so vested in such synod should as to the management thereof be subject to the acts, canons, and resolutions of the synod for the time being in force and applicable thereto, and that, subject as aforesaid, all moneys in respect of any sale, mortgage, or lease of such property should be applied for such purposes, and generally in such manner for the benefit of the church, as the synod or any such committee as aforesaid might from time to time direct. And whereas divers lands have been and other lands may hereafter be vested in or acquired by synods constituted corporations under the provisions of the said Act upon trust for Anglican Church purposes, and for no other purposes whatsoever. And whereas doubts have arisen as to the powers exercisable by such synods in respect of lands held by them upon such trusts as last aforesaid, and it is expedient to remove such doubts and to declare more particularly the powers exercisable by such synods in respect of such lands as aforesaid.