Scout Association of Australia Queensland Branch Act 1975 (Qld)

Scout Association of Australia Queensland Branch Act 1975

An Act to make provision for the vesting of certain property in the corporation styled the 'Scout Association of Australia Queensland Branch' and for related purposes

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Scout Association of Australia Queensland Branch Act 1975 .

2 Definitions In this Act— corporation means the Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch Inc, incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 . former corporation means the Scout Association of Australia Queensland Branch, incorporated by letters patent dated 15 August 1974 under the repealed Religious Educational and Charitable Institutions Act 1861 .

3 Construction of references (1) On and from the passing of this Act— (a) a reference to the former corporation, the Boy Scouts Association Queensland Branch or the Boy Scouts Association occurring in any will, codicil, court order, grant of any kind, instrument (including an instrument evidencing title to an estate or interest in land), document or other writing shall be read and construed as a reference to the corporation; (b) a devise or bequest made under a will or codicil and a gift evidenced by any instrument to or for the benefit of any local association, area, group or other body formed under the Policy Organization and Rules of the Scout Association of Australia shall be deemed to be a devise, bequest or, as the case may be, gift to or for the benefit of the corporation. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) apply according to their tenor in respect of a reference specified in paragraph (a) or in respect of a devise, bequest or gift specified in paragraph (b) whether the will, codicil, court order, grant, instrument, document or writing concerned was made before or is made after the passing of this Act but those provisions do not apply so as to reopen any matter or transaction that was concluded before the passing of this Act. (3) An action or proceeding by or against the Boy Scouts Association Queensland Branch or the Boy Scouts Association that was commenced prior to the passing of this Act and not completed at that date may be carried on and completed by or against the corporation. (3A) A legal proceeding by or against the former corporation that has not been finished before the commencement of this subsection may be continued and finished by or against the corporation. (4) Contracts, agreements, conveyances, deeds, leases, licences and other instruments or undertakings entered into by or made with the Boy Scouts Association Queensland Branch or the Boy Scouts Association before the passing of this Act shall, on and from that date to the extent that they were in force immediately before that date, be in force in favour of or against the corporation.