Church of England (Northern Diocese) Act 1961 (WA)

Western Australia Anglican Church of Australia (Diocese of North West Australia) Act 1961 Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 13 November 2015

Western Australia Anglican Church of Australia (Diocese of North West Australia) Act 1961 Contents 1. Short title 1 2. Terms used 1 3. Northern Diocese lands and boundaries 2 4. Registrar of Titles and Registrar of Deeds to register Trustees as owners of land 2 5. Change of name of corporation to The Trustees of the Diocese of North West Australia 3 Schedule — Northern Diocese land Notes Compilation table 9 Defined terms Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 13 November 2015

Western Australia Anglican Church of Australia (Diocese of North West Australia) Act 1961 An Act relating to the Northern Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia in the State; to provide for the vesting of certain lands in The Trustees of the Northern Diocese and for incidental and other purposes. [Long title amended: No. 121 of 1976 s. 7]

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Anglican Church of Australia (Diocese of North West Australia) Act 1961 1, 2. [Section 1 amended: No. 14 of 1962 s. 1(3); No. 121 of 1976 s. 7.]

2. Terms used In this Act — Northern Diocese means the Diocese as constituted by the Northern Diocese Statute 1907, of the Synod of the Diocese of Perth and if that Diocese is duly renamed or amended, includes that Diocese as so renamed or amended from time to time; Synod means the Synod of the Northern Diocese. [Section 2 amended: No. 14 of 1962 s. 2.]

3. Northern Diocese lands and boundaries (1) Unless and until the Synod resolves otherwise — (a) the land described in the Schedule shall be deemed to be within the boundaries of and part of the Northern Diocese and shall, by force of this section, vest in The Trustees of the Northern Diocese when elected in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the Church of England Diocesan Trustees and Lands Act 1918 3, without the necessity for any conveyance, transfer or other assurance of that property; (b) the boundaries of the Northern Diocese as they exist from time to time shall be shown on a map or plan of which one copy shall be lodged by the Bishop of the Northern Diocese with the Bishop of Perth and a copy thereof shall be retained by the Bishop of the Northern Diocese and each copy when certified under the hands of those Bishops in conclusive evidence of the boundaries of the Northern Diocese as at the date of such certification. (2) Notwithstanding any Statute of the Diocese of Perth the first Synod of the Northern Diocese shall consist of the Bishop of that Northern Diocese together with such clergymen as are licensed by that Bishop and one layman of the Church of England 4 elected by each parish or mission district of the Northern Diocese.