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Transactions referred to in Schedule Two 8\n8. Donations, gifts, dispositions, bequests of trust property real\nor personal 8\n9. Trustees constituting Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts\nCorporation 9\n10. Certain proceedings not to be affected by this Act 11\n11. Act not to affect Scots' Church property 12\n__________________\nSCHEDULES 13\nSCHEDULE 1 13\nSCHEDULE 2—Transactions to be ratified 38\nSCHEDULE 3—Trustees of Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts\nCorporation 41\n═══════════════\nENDNOTES 42\n1. General Information 42\n2. Table of Amendments 43\n3. Explanatory Details 44\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1\nVersion No. 001\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\nAct No. 9344/1979\nVersion as at 3 March 2003\nAn Act to make further Provision with respect to the Division of\ncertain Property in accordance with The Uniting Church in\nAustralia Act 1977 and Part III of the Schedule to the\nPresbyterian Church of Australia Act 1971, to amend the\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1890 and for other purposes.\nPreamble\nWHEREAS an Act of the Parliament of Victoria\nintituled the Presbyterian Trusts Act 1890 was\npassed to provide for the holding of property for\nthe purposes of and in connexion with the\nPresbyterian Church of Victoria:\nAND WHEREAS an Act of the Parliament of\nVictoria intituled the Presbyterian Church of\nAustralia Act 1971 was passed inter alia to enable\nthe Presbyterian Church of Australia to enter into\nunion with other churches and to provide for those\nof its congregations that did not concur in the\ndecision to unite:\nAND WHEREAS the General Assembly of the\nPresbyterian Church of Australia on 1 May 1974\nresolved that the Presbyterian Church of Australia\nenter into union with the annual conferences of\nNew South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, South\nAustralia, Queensland and Western Australia of\nthe Methodist Church of Australasia and with the\nCongregational Union of Australia on its own\nbehalf and on behalf of those churches on whose\nbehalf the Congregational Union of Australia was\nempowered so to do:\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n2\nAND WHEREAS such union took place on\n22 June 1977 and pursuant to The Uniting\nChurch in Australia Act 1977 the church\nresulting from such union is The Uniting Church in\nAustralia:\nAND WHEREAS since 22 June 1977 a minority of\nPresbyterians in Victoria in accordance with\nclause 18 of Part III of the Schedule to the said\nPresbyterian Church of Australia Act 1971 has\ncontinued to function as the Presbyterian Church\nof Victoria:\nAND WHEREAS it was the intent of that minority\nof Presbyterians in Victoria—\n(a) that the corporate body of trustees constituted\nunder the Presbyterian Trusts Act 1890 by\nthe name of the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria Trusts Corporation should continue\nto exist to act as the corporate body of\ntrustees of those Presbyterians who elected to\nand have continued to function as the\nPresbyterian Church of Victoria; and\n(b) that the provisions of the Presbyterian\nTrusts Act 1890 and the Presbyterian\nChurch of Australia Act 1900 should\ncontinue to extend and apply to and in\nrelation to the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria and to the property of that church:\nAND WHEREAS it is expedient to give effect to\nthat intention and to confirm, ratify and validate\nthe arrangements made for the division of certain\nproperty between The Uniting Church in Australia\nand the Presbyterian Church of Victoria:\nBE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most\nExcellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the\nLegislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria\nin this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of\nthe same as follows (that is to say):\nPreamble\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n3\n1. Short title, principal Act and commencement\n(1) This Act may be cited as the Presbyterian Trusts\nAct 1979.\n(2) In this Act the Presbyterian Trusts Act 1890 is\ncalled the Principal Act.\n(3) This Act shall be deemed to have come into\noperation on 22 June 1977.\n2. Definitions\n(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention\nappears—\n\"Presbyterian Church of Victoria\" means the\nPresbyterian Church continuing to function\non and after 22 June 1977 under that name or\nstyle in accordance with clause 18 of Part III\nof the schedule to the Presbyterian Church\nof Australia Act 1971;\n\"Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts\nCorporation\" means the corporate body of\ntrustees constituted under the Principal Act;\n\"school\" means—\n(a) Ballarat and Clarendon College;\n(b) Geelong College;\n(c) Haileybury College;\n(d) Hamilton and Alexandra College;\n(e) Morongo Presbyterian Girls' College,\nGeelong;\n(f) Penleigh and Essendon Grammar\nSchool;\n(g) Presbyterian Ladies' College;\n(h) Scotch College; or\n(i) St. Leonard's College;\ns. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n4\n\"school property\" means any property held or\nused for or in connexion with a school.\n(2) Nothing in this Act except section 7 shall extend\nor apply to or in relation to any school or school\nproperty.\n3. Interpretation\n(1) In section 2 of the Principal Act for the\ninterpretation of \"Church\" there shall be\nsubstituted the following interpretation:\n' \"Church\" means the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria continuing to function under the\nname or style of the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria in accordance with clause 18 of\nPart III of the Schedule to the Presbyterian\nChurch of Australia Act 1971.'.\n(2) As on and from 22 June 1977 the Principal Act\nshall be read and construed and have effect,\nsubject to The Uniting Church in Australia Act\n1977 and the Presbyterian Church of Australia\nAct 1971, as if any reference to church or to the\nPresbyterian Church of Victoria however\ndescribed in the model trust deeds of the\nPresbyterian Church of Victoria or in any other\ninstrument or document made before 22 June\n1977 were a reference to the Presbyterian Church\nof Victoria continuing to function under that name\nor style in accordance with clause 18 of the\nSchedule to the Presbyterian Church of\nAustralia Act 1971.\n4. Property vested in The Uniting Church in Australia\nProperty Trust (Victoria)\n(1) Subject to the operation of section 6 and except as\nis otherwise provided by or under the provisions\nof this Act or the Presbyterian Church of\nAustralia Act 1971 and in particular by or under\nsection 3 of the last-mentioned Act but subject to\ns. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n5\nThe Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977 any\nother real or personal property (other than\nproperty acquired on or after 22 June 1977) that\nbefore the day upon which this Act receives the\nRoyal Assent, was vested in any person subject to\nthe Principal Act or otherwise in trust for the\nPresbyterian Church or any congregation, board or\ncommittee of management, session, presbytery,\ncommittee, council, board or other institution,\norganization or section thereof is hereby divested\nfrom that person and to the extent that it was so\nvested is without any further act or instrument\nhereby vested as on and from the day upon which\nthis Act receives the Royal Assent in The Uniting\nChurch in Australia Property Trust (Victoria) and\nshall be held by that Trust in accordance with the\nprovisions of The Uniting Church in Australia\nAct 1977.\n(2) The property vested in The Uniting Church in\nAustralia Property Trust (Victoria) by sub-section\n(1) shall be deemed to have been vested pursuant\nto section 20(3) of The Uniting Church in\nAustralia Act 1977 and sub-sections (4), (5), (6)\nand (7) of the said section 20 and sections 22, 23\nand 24 of that Act shall extend and apply\naccordingly.\n5. Matters referred to in Schedule One\n(1) Subject to the operation of section 7 the property\nreferred to in Part A of Schedule One shall be\nretained by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria\nTrusts Corporation and shall continue to be\nsubject to the provisions and trusts of the Principal\nAct as amended by this Act.\ns. 5\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n6\n(2) Subject to the operation of section 7 the property\nreferred to in column 3 of Part B of Schedule One\nshall be vested in the trustees named in column 4\nof Part B of Schedule One upon the same trusts as\nthe property was held immediately before the\ncommencement of this Act and any reference to\nthe Presbyterian Church of Victoria however\ndescribed in any documents relating to those trusts\nshall be read and construed as a reference to the\nPresbyterian Church of Victoria as defined in this\nAct.\n(3) The Register of Trustees kept pursuant to\nsection 21 of the Principal Act shall be amended\nso as to accord with Part B of Schedule One and\nto relate to the property therein described and as\nso amended shall be deemed to be the Register as\nat the commencement of this Act and thereafter\nthe provisions of the Principal Act shall apply\nthereto as if that Register was the Register duly\nkept by the Moderator for the purposes of the\nPrincipal Act.\n(4) Subject to the operation of section 7 the land\nreserved for church purposes in the localities\nreferred to in column 1 of Part C of Schedule One\nby the Orders in Council referred to in column 2\nof the said Part C shall be and be deemed to have\nalways been reserved for the purposes of the\nPresbyterian Church of Victoria as defined in this\nAct and the provisions of Act No. 391 intituled\n\"An Act to provide for the abolition of State aid to\nreligion\" shall apply accordingly.\n(5) Subject to the operation of section 6 where any\nother real or personal property (other than\nproperty referred to in Schedule One) is by or\nunder the provisions of the Presbyterian Church\nof Australia Act 1971 and in particular by or\nunder the operation of section 3 of that Act to be\nretained by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria\ns. 5\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n7\nTrusts Corporation or any other person in trust for\nthe Presbyterian Church of Victoria or any\ncongregation, board or committee of management,\nsession, presbytery, committee, council, board or\nother institution, organization or section thereof,\nthat property remains vested in the Presbyterian\nChurch of Victoria Trusts Corporation or that\nother person for the purposes of the Presbyterian\nChurch of Victoria subject to the provisions and\ntrusts of the Principal Act as amended by this Act\nunless or until otherwise lawfully disposed of on\nor after 22 June 1977 and the register referred to\nin sub-section (3) shall be amended as required.\n6. Division of Property\n(1) Where any property (other than property acquired\non or after the 22nd day of June, 1977) was\nimmediately before the day on which this Act\nreceives the Royal Assent vested in a person\nsubject to the Principal Act or otherwise in trust\nfor the Presbyterian Church or any congregation,\nboard or committee of management, session,\npresbytery, committee, council, board or other\ninstitution, organization or section thereof and the\nCommission set up in accordance with Part III of\nthe Schedule to the Presbyterian Church of\nAustralia Act 1971 has determined that that\nproperty is to be divided between The Uniting\nChurch in Australia Property Trust (Victoria) and\nthe Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts\nCorporation in the proportion of 75 per cent to\nThe Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust\n(Victoria) and 25 per cent to the Presbyterian\nChurch of Victoria Trusts Corporation that\nproperty shall be held—\n(a) as to the real property (including chattels\nreal) upon trust to sell the same; and\ns. 6\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n8\n(b) as to personal property upon trust to call in,\nsell and convert into money the whole or\nsuch part thereof as may not consist of\nmoney—\nand 75 per cent of the net proceeds to arise from\nthe sale, conversion and calling in of such real and\npersonal property (after payment of costs) shall be\npaid to The Uniting Church in Australia Property\nTrust (Victoria) to be held in accordance with the\nprovisions of The Uniting Church in Australia\nAct 1977 and 25 per cent of such net proceeds\nshall be paid to the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria Trusts Corporation to be held subject to\nthe provisions and trusts of the Principal Act as\namended by this Act.\n(2) The Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts\nCorporation and The Uniting Church in Australia\nProperty Trust (Victoria) are hereby authorized\nand required to do everything necessary to give\neffect to any determination referred to in sub-\nsection (1).\n7. Transactions referred to in Schedule Two\nWithout limiting the generality of the foregoing\nthe transactions referred to in Schedule Two and\nthe instruments referred to therein shall be deemed\nto have been validly entered into and shall be in\nall respects valid and effectual accordingly.\n8. Donations, gifts, dispositions, bequests of trust\nproperty real or personal\n(1) Every donation, gift, disposition, bequest or trust\nof property real or personal whether by deed, will\nor otherwise, to or in trust for the Presbyterian\nChurch of Victoria which vests or takes effect on\nor after 22 June 1977 shall not fail by reason of\nthe operation of the Presbyterian Church of\ns. 7\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n9\nAustralia Act 1971, The Uniting Church in\nAustralia Act 1977 or this Act.\n(2) Where there is any dispute as to whether any\nproperty referred to in sub-section (1) should be\nheld on the trusts and for the purposes of The\nUniting Church in Australia or the Presbyterian\nChurch of Victoria the matter may be determined\nby the agreement of the Moderator of the\nVictorian Synod of The Uniting Church in\nAustralia and the Moderator of the General\nAssembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria\nand in default of any such agreement shall be\ndetermined by the Supreme Court in accordance\nwith law.\n9. Trustees constituting Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria Trusts Corporation\n(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this\nAct and notwithstanding any rules made by the\nGeneral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria or anything done or purporting to have\nbeen done by or under the authority of the General\nAssembly those persons who were the trustees\nconstituting the Presbyterian Church of Victoria\nTrusts Corporation immediately before 22 June\n1977 shall be deemed to have continued to be\nlawfully appointed trustees of that Corporation\nand all proceedings of and acts, matters and things\ndone or transacted by the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria Trusts Corporation constituted by those\ntrustees on or after 22 June 1977 and before this\nAct receives the Royal Assent shall be in all\nrespects valid and effectual accordingly as if they\nhad continued to have the same powers and duties\nin respect of property vested in the Corporation as\nthey had in respect of that property immediately\nbefore 22 June 1977.\ns. 9\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n10\n(2) On the day upon which this Act receives the\nRoyal Assent the persons referred to in sub-\nsection (1) shall go out of office and the persons\nreferred to in Schedule Three shall be and be\ndeemed to be the trustees of the Presbyterian\nChurch of Victoria Trusts Corporation appointed\nin accordance with section 12 of the Principal Act\nand they shall hold office for such term and upon\nsuch conditions as is prescribed by rules or\nregulations from time to time in force under the\nsaid section 12.\n(3) It is hereby declared that the rules and regulations\nof the General Assembly of the Presbyterian\nChurch of Victoria shall be and continue to be the\nrules and regulations of the General Assembly of\nthe Church as defined in the Principal Act until\naltered or repealed in accordance with the\nprovisions of the Principal Act.\n(4) No action or proceeding of any kind shall lie or be\ntaken against any person referred to in sub-section\n(1) for anything done in good faith for or in\nrelation to the Presbyterian Church of Victoria\nTrusts Corporation.\n(5) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing—\n(a) every deed instrument contract or agreement\nrelating to any property vested in the\nPresbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts\nCorporation or in any person or persons for\nor on behalf of the Church generally or any\ncongregation thereof which was made or\nexecuted by or on behalf of the said\nCorporation or by or on behalf of such\nperson or persons on or after 22 June 1977\nand before the date on which this Act\nreceives the Royal Assent shall for all\npurposes be deemed to have been validly\nmade and executed; and\ns. 9\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n11\n(b) where any such deed instrument contract or\nagreement bears the consent in writing\npursuant to the Principal Act of a person\nacting or purporting to act as Moderator of\nthe General Assembly the same shall for all\npurposes be deemed to have been validly\nconsented to.\n(6) Any proceedings in relation to any act matter or\nthing arising or occurring after 22 June 1977 and\nbefore the day that this Act receives the Royal\nAssent for negligence, default, breach of duty or\nbreach of trust against a board, council or\ncommittee of the General Assembly of the Church\nas defined in the Principal Act or any member\nthereof or any person employed by or on behalf of\nthe General Assembly of the last-mentioned\nChurch shall be determined as if this Act had not\nbeen enacted.\n10. Certain proceedings not to be affected by this Act\nNothing in this Act shall affect the proceedings in\nthe cases of Attorney-General for the State of\nVictoria (at the relation of Old Scotch Collegians\nAssociation) v. Kenneth Robert Handley &\nOthers, and Attorney-General for the State of\nVictoria (at the relation of John Thompson\nMacMillan) v. Kenneth Robert Handley & Others,\nissued out of the Supreme Court of Victoria and\nintituled 1977 No. 3271 and 1977 No. 3272\nrespectively and those cases shall be determined\nas if this Act had not been enacted.\ns. 10\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n12\n11. Act not to affect Scots' Church property\nNothing in this Act shall apply to or affect in any\nway the operation of the Scots Church\nProperties Act 1891 or the powers and duties of\nthe trustees appointed under the Scots' Church\nTrust deed or any property vested in those\ntrustees.\n__________________\ns. 11\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n13\nSCHEDULES\nSCHEDULE ONE\nPART A\nThe land now comprised in the following Crown Grants and Certificates of\nTitle:\nVolume Folio\n5921 1184148\n3757 751276\n5880 1175839\n6739 1347797\n7440 1487823\n413 82566\n5981 1196167\n8818 677\n8818 676\n3967 793218\n8910 679\n2013 402432\n8310 775\n8386 202\n8060 979\n9146 026\n9146 028\n2952 590336\n3336 667126\n6072 1214213\n6551 1310103\n6775 1354997\n8226 984\n2604 520755\n2500 500000\n8153 477\n1683 336433\n1497 299228\n3284 656683\n8268 759\n9112 231\n3923 784468\n5115 1022843\n2411 482009\n1227 245383\n8203 707\n983 196547\n8258 112\n8526 192\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n14\nVolume Folio\n8526 193\n4491 898099\n3618 723596\n2226 445052\n3035 606998\n8450 528\n8450 529\n8450 530\n8450 531\n8450 532\n2917 583284\n6922 1384340\n3620 723988\n8560 564\n4608 651\n8454 495\n2152 367\n255 50810\n6593 1318438\n3915 782957\n3209 641702\n3777 755278\n8679 509\n8046 075\n5425 929\n2629 525668\n8304 396\n8329 357\n8200 354\n1545 308908\n3575 714823\n2020 403805\n8613 717\n8049 528\n9070 830\n8138 144\n7910 054\n6895 1378969\n4366 873012\n796 159013\n8369 850\n2098 419439\n3367 673352\n3637 727254\n2996 599009\n5064 1012686\n1512 302337\n8841 428\n2425 484958\n196 39071\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n15\nVolume Folio\n3646 729002\n2513 502411\n8674 541\n2003 400458\n2731 546034\n3812 762368\n2218 443462\n8047 864\n6122 1224225\n5358 1071495\n4204 840796\n1439 287708\n4191 838132\n4345 8680903\n8017 032\n3331 666186\n9210 567\n6594 1318774\n8785 659\n8628 001\n5992 1198376\n3274 654682\n3238 647594\n2562 512317\n3339 667681\n4077 815224\n1114 222719\n3445 688993\nThe land described in the following deeds registered by:\nMemorial Book\n933 527\n981 396\n241 470\n451 615\n136 441\n993 598\n499 148\n840 241\n129 309\n501 572\n512 649\nexcepting thereout the land described in Certificate of Title Vol. 8625\nFol. 322.\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n16\nThe following mortgages registered under the Transfer of Land Act 1958:\nNo.\nG 802239\nG 542719\nG 64451\nG 188195\nPART B\nThe First Column shows the locality in which the Church Lands are situate;\nthe Second Column shows the nature of the title, whether Crown Grant,\nCertificate of Title, or Conveyance; and the Third Column shows in cases of\nCrown Grants and Certificates of Title respectively the Volume and Folio in\nthe Register Book in the Office of Titles, and in cases of Conveyances\nregistered in the Registrar-General's Office such Third Column shows the\nNumber of each Memorial and Book; which Crown Grants, Certificates of\nTitle, and Memorials of Conveyances respectively contain a description of\nthe lands respectively therein comprised. In all cases where the Volume and\nFolio are given the Church Lands are under the operation of the Transfer of\nLand Act 1958. In all other cases under the General Law. The Fourth\nColumn shows the trustees in whom the land is vested. Where * appears\nopposite any particular land it signifies that part of such land has been sold\nand duly transferred, conveyed or compulsorily acquired, and that the residue\nonly is intended to be dealt with by this Act.\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nAspendale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3886\nFol. 777064\nKenneth Roy Archer,\nDonald Blair Moulton\nand Keith Alwyn Murley\nAspendale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4300\nFol. 859950\nKenneth Roy Archer,\nDonald Blair Moulton\nand Keith Alwyn Murley\nAspendale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4216\nFol. 843017\nKenneth Roy Archer,\nDonald Blair Moulton\nand Keith Alwyn Murley\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n17\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nAspendale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5194\nFol. 1038646\nKenneth Roy Archer,\nDonald Blair Moulton\nand Keith Alwyn Murley\nAspendale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4751\nFol. 950017\nKenneth Roy Archer,\nDonald Blair Moulton\nand Keith Alwyn Murley\nAuburn Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8231\nFol. 545\nRoss Morton\nMacDonald, Angus\nAlfred Horsburgh Smith\nand Rutherford Kaye\nScott\nAuburn Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2194\nFol. 438719\nRoss Morton\nMacDonald, Angus\nAlfred Horsburgh Smith\nand Rutherford Kaye\nScott\nBalaclava Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6062\nFol. 1212256\nRobert Wesley Allen,\nIan Park MacGowan,\nKenneth Leslie Dobrich\nBalaclava Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6062\nFol. 1212257\nRobert Wesley Allen,\nIan Park MacGowan,\nKenneth Leslie Dobrich\nBalmattum Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1332\nFol. 266305\nLindsay Maynard Birch,\nAllan William Gall\nBallarat,\nEbenezer\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 1696\nFol. 339099\nRobert Gordon Young,\nJames Ford and William\nNicholson\nBallarat, Knox Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4095\nFol. 932\nHarry Winston Caddy,\nJack Neil Wallace and\nThomas Keith Trenfield\nBallarat, Knox Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2516\nFol. 503132\nHarry Winston Caddy,\nJack Neil Wallace and\nThomas Keith Trenfield\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n18\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nBallarat, Scots Conveyance No. 8\nBook 360\nLeslie Joseph Rizzoli,\nGeorge Borlace\nRichmond\nBallarat, Scots Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2835\nFol. 885\nLeslie Joseph Rizzoli,\nGeorge Borlace\nRichmond and Peter\nHoskin\nBallarat, Scots Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5621\nFol. 1124014\nLeslie Joseph Rizzoli,\nGeorge Borlace\nRichmond\nBallarat, St.\nJohns\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 5269\nFol. 614\nLeslie James Drury,\nFrancis George Sarah\nand William Arthur\nPascoe\nBallarat, St.\nJohns\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 1358\nFol. 271465\nLeslie James Drury,\nFrancis George Sarah\nand William Arthur\nPascoe\nBallarat, St.\nJohns\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 1325\nFol. 264949\nLeslie James Drury,\nFrancis George Sarah\nand William Arthur\nPascoe\nBallarat, St.\nJohns\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 800\nFol. 159889\nLeslie James Drury,\nFrancis George Sarah\nand William Arthur\nPascoe\nBamawn Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8440\nFol. 719\nJames Henry Nicholson,\nDouglas Randal\nHancock and Donald\nMatheson Brown\nBaynton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8194\nFol. 487\nGerald George\nMcKenna, Wildred\nEdward Green and\nJames Hamilton Young\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n19\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nBrighton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4596\nFol. 197\nMaxwell Walter\nBowden, Ian Bruce\nFerguson, Jack William\nAvery, David Norman\nBurns and Alan Clark\nFerguson\nBrighton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8870\nFol. 562\nMaxwell Walter\nBowden, Ian Bruce\nFerguson, Jack William\nAvery, David Norman\nBurns and Allan Clark\nFerguson\nBroadford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1798\nFol. 359550\nAlexander Cockburn\nThomson and Wilfred\nKevin Crawford\n* Broadford Conveyance No. 458\nBook 331\nAlexander Cockburn\nThomson and Wilfred\nKevin Crawford\nBroadford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8255\nFol. 493\nAlexander Cockburn\nThomson and Wilfred\nKevin Crawford\nCamberwell Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3219\nFol. 643675\nA. D. G. Adam,\nA. J. Petrie, H. R. Berg,\nW. R. Hobbs and\nH. C. McTaggart\nCamberwell Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8875\nFol. 644\nA. D. G. Adam,\nA. J. Petrie, H. R. Berg,\nW. R. Hobbs and\nH. C. McTaggart\nCanterbury Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2808\nFol. 561493\nRonald Campbell\nMacTaggart, Murray\nAlan Neil, David\nAndrew Slater, and\nErnest O'Donnell\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n20\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nCanterbury Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3667\nFol. 733310\nRonald Campbell\nMacTaggart, Murray\nAlan Neil, David\nAndrew Slater, and\nErnest O'Donnell\nCanterbury Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4511\nFol. 902003\nRonald Campbell\nMacTaggart, Murray\nAlan Neil, David\nAndrew Slater and\nErnest O'Donnell\nCanterbury Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2563\nFol. 512462\nRonald Campbell\nMacTaggart, Murray\nAlan Neil, David\nAndrew Slater and\nErnest O'Donnell\nCanterbury Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4946\nFol. 989151\nRonald Campbell\nMacTaggart, Murray\nAlan Neil, David\nAndrew Slater and\nErnest O'Donnell\nCaulfield Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2336\nFol. 467057\nWilliam Harry Hanson,\nHarcourt Charles\nWilliams, Frederick\nCharles McDonald,\nPhillis Iolanthe Small\nand Ivor Thomas Davies\nCaulfield Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4539\nFol. 097734\nWilliam Harry Hanson,\nHarcourt Charles\nWilliams, Frederick\nCharles McDonald,\nPhillis Iolanthe Small\nand Ivor Thomas Davies\nCheltenham Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5220\nFol. 1043845\nJames Charles Flavel,\nKenneth James\nWhitehead and Horace\nOrmond Williams\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n21\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nClarinda Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8569\nFol. 388\nRoss Wilbur Voigt, John\nFrancis Ball and\nKenneth Royston Jenkin\nClayton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8023\nFol. 044\nLeslie Riachar McIntyre,\nIan Lewls Carmichael\nand Duncan McInnes\nClifton Hill Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1288\nFol. 257565\nAlan Harris Barnett,\nChristina Myrtle Wilmot\nand Alan Robert\nFerguson\nClifton Hill Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1328\nFol. 265512\nAlan Harris Barnett,\nChristina Myrtle Wilmot\nand Alan Robert\nFerguson\nClifton Hill Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6485\nFol. 1290937\nDavid Tatam\nClifton Hill Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 999\nFol. 199798\nDavid Spence, Joseph\nCole, Edward Office\nWallis\nCranbourne Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1103\nFol. 220432\nNorman L. Brunt,\nFrederick William\nGreaves, Edward\nKennett and Arthur\nErnest Jones\nDaylesford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 671\nFol. 134103\nVictor Stanley Newton,\nFrederick William\nStanley Verey, John\nWilliam Jayes\nDaylesford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2579\nFol. 515665\nVictor Stanley Newton,\nFrederick William\nStanley Verey, John\nWilliam Jayes\nDaylesford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 735\nFol. 146807\nVictor Stanley Newton,\nFrederick William\nStanley Verey, John\nWilliam Jayes\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n22\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nDonvale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8420\nFol. 823\nJohn Causton Foyster\nDromana Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5555\nFol. 1110884\nStanley Williams and\nJohn Edwin Loveland\nDromana Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5564\nFol. 1112773\nStanley Williams and\nJohn Edwin Loveland\nDromana Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8460\nFol. 401\nStanley Williams and\nJohn Edwin Loveland\nEaglehawk Conveyance No. 344\nBook 229\nIan Hamilton Kenneth\nNixon, Andrew Henry\nWilliamson, Ronald\nGeorge Manning, John\nJames Stewart and\nFrederick Hilton\nBurrows\nEltham Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6883\nFol. 1376416\nJohannes Jacobs Genger,\nAlbert Lindsay Russell,\nAlister Samuel Knox\nEltham Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8298\nFol. 145\nJohannes Jacobs Genger,\nAlbert Lindsay Russell,\nAlister Samuel Knox\nEttrick Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3281\nFol. 656024\nEdwin Ernest Field,\nAngus John Wyllie,\nWilliam Rex Millard\nEttrick Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2970\nFol. 593832\nEdwin Ernest Field,\nAngus John Wyllie,\nWilliam Rex Millard\nFlemington Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3375\nFol. 674829\nReginald Geoffrey\nHarding, John Stuart\nMacDougall and Edward\nDurham Eastham\nFlemington Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2582\nFol. 516204\nReginald Geoffrey\nHarding, John Stuart\nMacDougall and Edward\nDurham Eastham\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n23\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nFlemington Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3017\nFol. 603379\nReginald Geoffrey\nHarding, John Stuart\nMacDougall and Edward\nDurham Eastham\nFootscray\nWest\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 4739\nFol. 947693\nHenry William Holt,\nMargaret Jane Stewart\nand Russell Ernest Mayo\nFootscray\nWest\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 5783\nFolio 1156582\nHenry William Holt,\nMargaret Jane Stewart\nand Russell Ernest Mayo\nFootscray\nWest\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 7319\nFol. 1463654\nHenry William Holt,\nMargaret Jane Stewart\nand Russell Ernest Mayo\nFranklinford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 832\nFol. 166301\nWilliam Strachan,\nWilliam Franklin\nDougall and John\nRobertson\nGardenvale\nEast\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 8187\nFol. 641\nWilliam Henry Sargood,\nWilliam Bowen, John\nHills, Thomas Harper\nFloyd\nGardenvale\nEast\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 4081\nFolio 816153\nWilliam Henry Sargood,\nWilliam Bowen, John\nHills and Thomas\nHarper Floyd\nGeelong, Scots Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8311\nFolio 481\nRoy Hetherton, Maxwell\nJames McKinlay,\nMrs. Agnes Keys and\nMrs. Dorothy Knight\nGeelong, Scots Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2671\nFol. 534087\nRoy Hetherton, Maxwell\nJames McKinlay,\nMrs. Agnes Keys and\nMrs. Dorothy Knight\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n24\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nGeelong, Scots Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2841\nFol. 568154\nRoy Hetherton, Maxwell\nJames McKinlay,\nMrs. Agnes Keys and\nMrs. Dorothy Knight\nGeelong,\nNorth Shore\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 8277\nFol. 876\nRoger Hall Allan\nThomas Wilson and\nGeorge Allen Peter\nHawker\nGeelong,\nSt. Georges\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 3299\nFol. 659786\nJames Archibald\nRamage, Lynton George\nHamilton and Franklin\nRobert Blair\nGeelong,\nNorth\nConveyance No. 390\nBook 543\nDavid William Lawrie,\nHarold William Drayton,\nDonald James Finlay\nand Caleb Joseph\nWilson\nGeelong,\nNorth\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 5874\nFol. 117497\nDavid William Lawrie,\nHarold William Drayton,\nDonald James Finlay,\nCaleb Joseph Wilson\nGirgarre East Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2331\nFol. 466148\nNeil McLarty, Andrew\nCollie and Andrew\nDonaldson\nGisborne Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8908\nFol. 784\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nGisborne Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8908\nFol. 785\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nGisborne Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8908\nFol. 790\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nGisborne Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8908\nFol. 791\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n25\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nGisborne Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2478\nFol. 495564\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nGisborne Conveyance No. 646\nBook 46\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nGisborne Conveyance No. 352\nBook 120\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nGisborne Conveyance No. 60\nBook 150\nEdward John Guy,\nGeorge Scott and Ronald\nWebster\nHamilton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2531\nFol. 506085\nJ. A. Black, R. Hunter,\nA. E. Menzel,\nW. V. Mason and\nL. Burgin\nHamilton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8169\nFol. 973\nJ. A. Black, R. Hunter,\nA. E. Menzel,\nW. V. Mason and\nL. Burgin\nHawthorn Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3970\nFol. 793964\nAllan Charles Neil,\nBrian Darnton Bayston,\nJohn Harold McCracken\nand Alfred George\nMiller\nHawthorn Conveyance No. 594\nBook 291\nAllan Charles Neil,\nBrian Darnton Bayston,\nJohn Harold McCracken\nand Alfred George\nMiller\nHawthorn Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4310\nFol. 861866\nAllan Charles Neil,\nBrian Darnton Bayston,\nJohn Harold McCracken\nand Alfred George\nMiller\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n26\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nHawthorn Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2020\nFol. 403813\nAllan Charles Neil,\nBrian Darnton Bayston,\nJohn Harold McCracken\nand Alfred George\nMiller\nHeathcote Conveyance No. 83\nBook 124\nRobert Joseph Glouston,\nCharles Harry Elsbury,\nTrevor Lewis Warkins,\nAllan Henry McDonald\nand Kenneth Lang\nHeathmont Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8074\nFol. 350\nArthur Kingsley Clark,\nJohn William Conboy,\nAlexander Ross Lawson,\nRichard John Martin and\nJack Roberts\nHeathmont Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8325\nFol. 020\nArthur Kingsley Clark,\nJohn William Conboy,\nAlexander Ross Lawson,\nRichard John Martin and\nJack Roberts\nHeathmont Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8325\nFol. 022\nArthur Kingsley Clark,\nJohn William Conboy,\nAlexander Ross Lawson,\nRichard John Martin and\nJack Roberts\nHeathmont Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8325\nFol. 023\nArthur Kingsley Clark,\nJohn William Conboy,\nAlexander Ross Lawson,\nRichard John Martin and\nJack Roberts\nHeathmont Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8756\nFol. 165\nArthur Kingsley Clark,\nJohn William Conboy,\nAlexander Ross Lawson,\nRichard John Martin and\nJack Roberts\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n27\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\n*Janefield Conveyance No. 653\nBook 98\nHubert Percy Milton\nGraff, Lindsay David\nWilliamson, Everard\nCharles Cardwell, James\nNicholas Clements\nKaniva Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2198\nFol. 439432\nJames Hugh Paterson,\nDavid Coutts, Malcolm\nMcKenzie, Alfred\nGrundy and Thomas\nRichardson Kean\nKoroit Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1021\nFol. 204150\nArchibald John Paton,\nGeorge Archibald\nWalker, Charles Grant\nWarnock\nLexton Conveyance No. 493\nBook 402\nEdward Rudolph Muller,\nEric John Ball and Ivie\nCampbell McErvale\nLinton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2413\nFol. 482486\nGraeme McDonald and\nColin Kerr\nLismore Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 691\nFol. 138192\nDavid Ian Gibson,\nAlexander John\nAnnesley Brett and\nStanley Edmond\nGleeson\nLittle River Conveyance No. 585\nBook 330\nIan Robert Richmond\nand Neil James\nMailor's Flat Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3010\nFol. 601896\nWilliam Primmer, Henry\nMcCosh, Rupert James\nPaton and Leslie Allen\nHarwood\nMalvern Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3117\nFol. 623384\nRobert William Christie,\nStuart Leigh Smith and\nReginald Joseph Jackson\nMalvern Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3319\nFol. 663719\nRobert William Christie,\nStuart Leigh Smith and\nReginald Joseph Jackson\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n28\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nMalvern Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3573\nFol. 714567\nRobert William Christie,\nStuart Leigh Smith and\nReginald Joseph Jackson\nMalvern Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2987\nFol. 597260\nRobert William Christie,\nStuart Leigh Smith and\nReginald Joseph Jackson\nMalvern Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3775\nFol. 754935\nRobert William Christie,\nStuart Leigh Smith and\nReginald Joseph Jackson\nMalvern Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5188\nFol. 1037452\nRobert William Christie,\nStuart Leigh Smith and\nReginald Joseph Jackson\nMarong Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1871\nFol. 374163\nWootton John Lansell\nand George McLay\nMernda Conveyance No. 319\nBook 98\nHubert Percy Milton\nGraff, Lindsay David\nWilliamson, James\nNicholas Clements and\nEverard Frank Cardwell\nMoe Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8520\nFol. 042\nWilliam Alexander\nPurvis, John Forrest\nCorp and William Bathie\nMoe Crown\nGrant\nVol. 2995\nFol. 841\nWilliam Alexander\nPurvis, John Forrest\nCorp and William Bathie\nMordialloc Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 7954\nFol. 081\nEdna Dorothy Taylor,\nJohn Thomas\nDickenson, Howarth\nJoseph Penning, William\nCollege Burdett and\nDonald James Wishart\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n29\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nMordialloc Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1828\nFol. 365498\nEdna Dorothy Taylor,\nJohn Thomas\nDickenson, Howarth\nJoseph Penning, William\nCollege Burdett and\nDonald James Wishart\nMorwell Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4617\nFol. 923344\nAlbert William Medew,\nThomas Henry Sides and\nRobert Tolmie Porter\nMount Evelyn Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5869\nFol. 1173781\nJohn Koolmees\nNagambie Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3286\nFol. 657122\nArthur Victor Jones and\nFred Stirling Parris\nNagambie Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1941\nFol. 388121\nArthur Victor Jones and\nFred Stirling Parris\nNelson Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3357\nFol. 671315\nJohn Angus McEachern,\nJohn McIntyre Brown\nand Allan Francis\nPascoe Vale\nNorth\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 8071\nFol. 786\nCharles Wemyss,\nGordon Robert Barry,\nWilliam Ernst Forster,\nGeorge Towell and\nRobert Morgan\nPort Fairy Conveyance No. 942\nBook 730\nJohn Clancy, Kenneth\nWilliam Knox, Colin\nFrances Crow and\nRussell William Clark\nRedesdale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1179\nFol. 235759\nCharles Machin William\nPoole, John McKenzie,\nThomas Gibbard and\nAndrew McKenlay\nReservoir Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6332\nFol. 1266334\nGeorge Henry Scott,\nRonald Webster and\nEdward Guy\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n30\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nReservoir Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4334\nFol. 866649\nGeorge Henry Scott,\nRonald Webster and\nEdward Guy\nRichmond\nPlains\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 2622\nFol. 524311\nColin McRorie Lang,\nJames Wickham Stuart,\nGeoffrey Peter Hilliard\nand William Niel Gould\nRochester Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 739\nFol. 147798\nHerbert Ronald Westcott\nRochester Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4758\nFol. 951489\nJohn Johnstone, John\nRae Bickley and Gordon\nBrough Watson\nRochester Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3521\nFol. 704096\nHerbert Ronald Westcott\nRussell's\nBridge\nCertificate\nof Title\nVol. 1010\nFol. 201813\nAlan Charles Longmore,\nJames Archibald\nRamage, Colin Ernest\nBaker and Murray James\nParker\nScarsdale Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 9103\nFol. 219\nKeith Murdock\nMcPherson, Phillip Ivan\nMcLean and Leslie\nEdward Sheil\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5935\nFol. 1186900\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 7926\nFol. 109\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5453\nFol. 1090593\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6230\nFol. 1245971\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5646\nFol. 1129011\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n31\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5387\nFol. 1077386\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5659\nFol. 1131793\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6347\nFol. 1269388\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSeymour Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2051\nFol. 410086\nWilliam Ridley\nMcIntosh\nSkipton Conveyance No. 541\nBook 216\nNeville Peter Fraser,\nPercival George Nash\nand Vernon Stanley\nSmith\nSmeaton Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2477\nFol. 358\nAlexander Archibald and\nWilliam Isaac Toose\nSomerville Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8478\nFol. 353\nMargaret Douglas Bond,\nKenneth Maxwell\nAndrews and Leopold\nFredrik Soderlund\nSomerville Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 9353\nFol. 841\nMargaret Douglas Bond,\nKenneth Maxwell\nAndrews and Leopold\nFredrik Soderlund\nSouth Yarra Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6347\nFol. 1269235\nThomas John Beresford\nGeorge, Ernest John\nPumpa, George Ross\nHay and Thomas\nRemington Sutherland\nSt. Kilda Conveyance No. 974\nBook 128\nDesmond Walter\nPalmer, Elizabeth Ann\nLogue, Sam George\nCook and Ella Service\nSt. Kilda Conveyance No. 232\nBook 427\nDesmond Walter\nPalmer, Elizabeth Ann\nLogue, Sam George\nCook and Ella Service\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n32\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nSt. Kilda Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2315\nFol. 948\nDesmond Walter\nPalmer, Elizabeth Ann\nLogue, Sam George\nCook and Ella Service\nSt. Kilda Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 4482\nFol. 896230\nDesmond Walter\nPalmer, Elizabeth Ann\nLogue, Sam George\nCook, Ella Service\nSt. Kilda Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1397\nFol. 279359\nDesmond Walter\nPalmer, Elizabeth Ann\nLogue, Sam George\nCook and Ella Service\nStockyard Hill Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2208\nFol. 441567\nJames Neville\nKirkpatrick, John\nKirkpatrick and Alan\nHayes\nSunshine Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8465\nFol. 235\nWilliam John Bell,\nRobert Ackland\nMcDonald, Colin Leslie\nPhillips, Gilbert John\nBell and John Alfred\nPettifer\nSunshine Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3437\nFol. 687333\nWilliam John Bell,\nRobert Ackland\nMcDonald, Colin Leslie\nPhillips, Gilbert John\nBell, John Alfred Pettifer\nSurrey Hills Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 7018\nFol. 1403595\nDavid Stuart Slater and\nGraham Edward\nTassicker\nSurrey Hills Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3961\nFol. 792193\nDavid Stuart Slater and\nGraham Edward\nTassicker\nSurrey Hills Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2047\nFol. 409351\nDavid Stuart Slater and\nGraham Edward\nTassicker\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n33\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nSurrey Hills Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5127\nFol. 309\nDavid Stuart Slater and\nGraham Edward\nTassicker\nSurrey Hills Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8112\nFol. 456\nDavid Stuart Slater and\nGraham Edward\nTassicker\nSutherlands\nCreek\nConveyance No. 416\nBook 265\nGeorge Hope, Duncan\nMcCallum Joseph\nMayor Hale\nTallygaroopna Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3346\nFol. 669025\nRobert Keith Dudley,\nHenry Keith\nHumphrey's, George\nStanley Kerr, Ronald\nWilliam McPherson and\nAlbert William Larson\nTatura Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 6008\nFol. 1201568\nEdgar James Mitchell,\nWilliam Harold Cheatley\nand James Burt Stewart\nTatura Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3989\nFol. 769\nEdgar James Mitchell,\nWilliam Harold\nCheatley, James Burt\nStewart and Alan\nGraham Clapp\nTatura Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1425\nFol. 284848\nWilliam Cross, Hill\nChestnut, George\nStewart, Charles Grover\nand Andrew Chambers\nTerang Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2773\nFol. 554473\nThomas Montgomery\nBradshaw, Archie Bruce\nMcCrabb, Ewen Daniel\nMacKinnon and David\nEdward Trickett\nThe Sisters Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3570\nFol. 713809\nJohn George Blain and\nWilliam Gordon Attrill\nTorquay Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 9335\nFol. 508\nDavid Keith Pitcairn\nMiller\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n34\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nUltima Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3532\nFol. 706346\nAllan William Biggs,\nAlexander John\nCanning, Eric Alexander\nJones and Howard Keith\nStanya\nWarrnambool Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 5935\nFol. 1186976\nIan McDonald Taylor,\nDavid Roy McPhail,\nWilliam Rex\nFotherington and Leslie\nStevens\nWarrnambool Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1538\nFol. 307590\nIan McDonald Taylor,\nDavid Roy McPhail,\nWilliam Rex\nFotherington and Leslie\nStevens\nWarrnambool Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1440\nFol. 287985\nIan McDonald Taylor,\nDavid Roy McPhail,\nWilliam Rex\nFotherington and Leslie\nStevens\nWarrnambool Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8772\nFol. 896\nIan McDonald Taylor,\nDavid Roy McPhail,\nWilliam Rex\nFotherington and Leslie\nStevens\nWarrnambool Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 635\nFol. 126834\nIan McDonald Taylor,\nDavid Roy McPhail,\nWilliam Rex\nFotherington and Leslie\nStevens\nWilliamstown Conveyance No. 520\nBook 443\nDonald Halden\nMacLeod, Lindsay\nGeorge Caithness,\nThomas Harold Leek\nand Alexander Allen\nStewart\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n35\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nWilliamstown Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3247\nFol. 649358\nDonald Halden\nMacLeod, Lindsay\nGeorge Caithness,\nThomas Harold Leek\nand Alexander Allen\nStewart\nWilliamstown Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 3247\nFol. 649359\nDonald Halden\nMacLeod, Lindsay\nGeorge Caithness,\nThomas Harold Leek\nand Alexander Allen\nStewart\nWoodford Conveyance No. 304\nBook 7\nJohn Redmond, Robert\nReid Crothers and\nWilliam Henry Bligh\nWoodford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 1569\nFol. 313605\nJohn Redmond, Robert\nReid Crothers and\nWilliam Henry Bligh\nWoodford Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 2994\nFol. 598609\nJohn Redmond, Robert\nReid Crothers and\nWilliam Henry Bligh\nWoolsthorpe Crown\nGrant\nVol. 883\nFol. 176530\nFrancis Wilson Bennett,\nJohn Lindsay Douglas\nand Alan William\nOfficer\nYarram Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 7788\nFol. 181\nWilfred Patrick Harrap,\nPhillip George William\nHastings and Ronald\nSydney Wight\nYea Conveyance No. 934\nBook 656\nColin Alexander\nMcLeish, Norman Jones\nHamilton and William\nAnderson Purcell\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n36\nColumn 1\nLocality of\nLand\nColumn 2\nNature of\nTitle\nColumn 3\nVolume and Folio of\nCrown Grant or\nCertificate of Title\nrespectively, or\nNumber of Memorial\nand Book of\nRegistration of\nConveyance\nColumn 4\nTrustees\nYea Certificate\nof Title\nVol. 8177\nFol. 936\nColin Alexander\nMcLeish, Norman Jones\nHamilton and William\nAnderson Purcell\nPART C\nCROWN RESERVES\nColumn 1 Column 2\nLand Held by Trustees\nDarlington Government Gazette 1869, page 2010\nTrustees: Hector Lamont, Gordon Robert\nMachonachie and Robert Jamieson\nKilmore Order in Council—23.2.1863\nGovernment Gazette—6.3.1863, page 535\nTrustees: Walter Beresford Crawford, Ellen Elizabeth\nEvans, Daniel John Fleming, Christina Bernard\nMcKenzie and Arthur George Pontbury\nWoolsthorpe Government Gazette—1869, page 1883\nTrustees: Francis Wilson Bennet, John Lindsay\nDouglas and Alan William Officer\nLand Held by Trusts Corporation\nAnakie Order in Council—18.1.1864\nGovernment Gazette—29.1.1864, page 209\nBeveridge All that piece of land being allotment 17A in the town\nof Beveridge Parish of Merriang County of Bourke\nbeing Crown Reserve 5031 comprising 1 acre 2 roods\n1 perch\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n37\nLand Held by Trusts Corporation\nCarisbrooke Order in Council—10.8.1863\nGovernment Gazette—19.8.1863, page 1823\nCudgee Government Gazette—1869, page 1922\nDarlington Government Gazette—1869, page 2010\nDonnybrook Order in Council—8.7.1853\nGarvoc Government Gazette—1870, page 664 and 1870, page\n2646\nHawkesdale Government Gazette—1870, page 664\nLexton Order in Council—27.12.1852\nLexton Order in Council—13.12.1856\nLismore Order in Council—16.11.1863\nGovernment Gazette—4.12.1863, page 2720\nSmythesdale Order in Council—3.8.1868\nGovernment Gazette—11.8.1868, page 1470\nTeesdale Order in Council—11.10.1854\nWoodford Government Gazette—1861, page 287 and 1860, page\n714\nWombat\n(Blanket Flat)\nGovernment Gazette—5.6.1866, page 1199\n__________________\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n38\nSCHEDULE TWO\nTRANSACTIONS TO BE RATIFIED\nIn this Schedule \"Trusts Corporation\" means the Presbyterian Church of\nVictoria Trusts Corporation.\nVarious Applications for Crown Grants in respect of Crown Reserve Sites\nreserved for Presbyterian Church purposes under the provisions of Act\nNo. 391.\nContract of Sale W. H. Peters and Ors. (Trustees) to K. and M. T. Fitzgerald;\n13.8.1977; 27 Radovick Street, Korumburra.\nContract of Sale Trusts Corporation to Mayor Councillors and Citizens of the\nCity of Waverley; 7.12.1977; Ferntree Gully Road, Mulgrave (Part of\nConveyance No. 277 Book 365).\nConveyance in respect of the above matter.\nContract of Sale Trusts Corporation to Third Aquatrice Pty. Ltd.; 22.12.1977;\n11 Selborne Road, Toorak (Certificate of Title Volume 3477 Folio 224).\nTransfer in respect of the above matter.\nConveyance (Book 773 No. 648) Trusts Corporation to Country Roads\nBoard; Part of Crown Portion 85, Parish of Mulgrave.\nCreation of Easement Trusts Corporation to Melbourne and Metropolitan\nBoard of Works re Certificate of Title Volume 8933 Folio 598.\nDischarge of Mortgage; 2.12.1979; Trusts Corporation to J. H. R. Freeman\nPty. Limited.\nLease Trusts Corporation to Kornblums Pty. Ltd.; 8.12.1978; 139 Chetwynd\nStreet, North Melbourne.\nTransfer of Land Trusts Corporation to J. G. and L. J. Arthur of land\ncontained in Certificate of Title Volume 8275 Folio 324.\nTransfer of Land Trusts Corporation to J. C. Knorr of land contained in\nCertificate of Title Volume 2718 Folio 410.\nTransfer of Land Trusts Corporation to T. and M. Mariani of land contained\nin Certificate of Title Volume 6296 Folio 056.\nApplications and Dealings Lodged in Office Of Titles\nApplication No. 57451—Application by Trusts Corporation pursuant to\nSection 9 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 in respect of part of Crown\nPortion 85, Parish of Mulgrave.\nSch. 2\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n39\nApplications by Trusts Corporation to have Plans of Subdivision 131626 and\n131627 approved re the land contained in Certificate of Title Volume 3286\nFolio 122.\nApplication by Trusts Corporation to have Plan of Consolidation No.\nCP107755 approved re the land contained in Certificates of Title Volume\n8907 Folio 316 and Volume 9245 Folio 005 and part of the land contained in\nConveyance No. 277 Book 365.\nApplication by Margaret D. Bond and others (Trustees) to have Plan of\nConsolidation No. CP109027 approved re Certificates of Title Volume 9107\nFolios 915 and 916.\nDealing No. G824627—Transfer Trusts Corporation to N. F. Edney of Lot 1\non Plan of Subdivision No. 122823 (Lot 2, balance of Crown Grant Volume\n2894 Folio 670, retained by Trusts Corporation).\nDealing No. G876064—Mortgage A. K. and G. H. Telgenhof to Trusts\nCorporation.\nDealing No. G922073—Variation of Mortgage Nellor Investments Pty.\nLimited to Trusts Corporation.\nDealing No. H58773—Discharge of Mortgage Trusts Corporation to\nB.W.D.R. Nominees Proprietary Limited and others.\nDealing No. H58774—Mortgage B.W.D.R. Nominees Proprietary Limited to\nTrusts Corporation.\nDealing No. H113050—Mortgage Trusts Corporation to C.B.C. Savings\nBank Limited.\nDealing No. H143415—Transfer of Land Ormidale Pty. Ltd. to Trusts\nCorporation of part of land contained in Certificate of Title Volume 8850\nFolio 597.\nDealing No. H263870—Transfer of Land E. Holland to Trusts Corporation of\nland contained in Certificates of Title Volume 9146 Folio 026 and Volume\n9146 Folio 028.\nDealing No. H449737—Variation of Mortgage Mattingley Court Pty. Ltd. to\nTrusts Corporation.\nDealing No. H494458—Discharge as to Part of same Mortgage.\nDealing No. H449738—Variation of Mortgage M. Bender and P. Bender to\nTrusts Corporation.\nDealing No. H577031—Discharge of the above Mortgage.\nDealing No. H459069—Discharge as to Part of Mortgage Trusts Corporation\nto D. G. Peace.\nDealing No. H454026—Discharge as to Part of Mortgage (same parties as\nabove).\nSch. 2\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n40\nDealing No. H469850—Discharge as to Part of Mortgage (same parties as\nabove).\nDealing No. H484857—Discharge as to Part of Mortgage (same parties as\nabove).\nDealing No. H461494—Creation of Easement Trusts Corporation to\nThe President Councillors and Ratepayers of the Shire of Sherbrooke\nre Certificate of Title Volume 6739 Folio 797.\nDealing No. H561363—Transfer W. A. Pascoe, L. J. Drury and F. G. Sarah\n(Trustees) to Robert Ritchie (Sebastopol) Proprietary Limited of the land\ncontained in Certificates of Title Volume 800 Folio 889 Volume 1325 Folio\n949 Volume 1358 Folio 465 and Volume 5269 Folio 614.\nDealing No. H541629—Discharge of Mortgage Trusts Corporation to\nPhotogravures Proprietary Limited.\nDealing No. H541631—Mortgage Photogravures Proprietary Limited to\nTrusts Corporation.\nDealing No. H659345—Variation of Mortgage G. G. Block and R. C. Block\nto Trusts Corporation.\nDealing No. H670426—Mortgage Trusts Corporation to The National Bank\nof Australasia Limited.\nDealing No. H704422—Mortgage Apex Spring Works Pty. Ltd. to Trusts\nCorporation.\nDealing No. H705305—Discharge of Mortgage Trusts Corporation to\nR. Arnold and B. I. Arnold.\nDealing No. H707127—Discharge of Mortgage Trusts Corporation to\nCalcara Estates Proprietary Limited.\nDealing No. H717154—Discharge of Mortgage Trusts Corporation to\nSegmar Nominees Pty. Ltd.\nDealing No. H754959—Discharge of Mortgage Trusts Corporation to\nJ. W. Curtin.\n__________________\nSch. 2\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n41\nSCHEDULE THREE\nTRUSTEES OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA TRUSTS\nCORPORATION\nWilfred Rawlinson Hobbs\nHector Lockhart Dunn\nEdward Ross Pearsons\nRussell Eves\nRobert Graham Hanna\nFrederick Henry Hooke\nNeil Malcolm O'Donnell\nSir Arthur William Nicholson\n═══════════════\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n42\nENDNOTES\n1. General Information\nThe Presbyterian Trusts Act 1979 was assented to on 20 December 1979\nand came into operation on 22 June 1977: section 1(3).\nEndnotes\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n43\n2. Table of Amendments\nThere are no amendments made to the Presbyterian Trusts Act 1979 by\nActs and subordinate instruments.\nEndnotes\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 9344/1979\nPresbyterian Trusts Act 1979\n44\n3. Explanatory Details\nNo entries at date of publication.\nEndnotes","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act implements, confirms and gives statutory effect to the property division arrangements that arose from the 1977 church union and the operation of the federal Acts referenced in the preamble. It does not expand the subject matter beyond that original purpose; rather it ratifies past transactions, prescribes the allocation mechanism (including a fixed 75/25 split where determined by the Commission), identifies specific properties and trustees to be retained, and excludes certain categories (schools, Scots' Church). In short, it operationalises and validates the post-union property division rather than materially extending the original scope."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to other Acts (The Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977; Presbyterian Church of Australia Act 1971; Principal Act (Presbyterian Trusts Act 1890))","Large, detailed schedules listing hundreds of specific land titles and trustees (Schedule One Parts A–C, Schedule Two, Schedule Three)","Transitional and retrospective provisions validating past transactions and trustee acts (sections 1(3), 7, 9)","Conditional division mechanism with conversion/sale and net-proceeds distribution (section 6)","Exceptions and carve-outs (schools excluded except s.7; Scots' Church excluded)","Register amendment and title-varying administrative steps required (s.5(3) and multiple schedule entries)","Defined terms and substituted interpretations altering how the Principal Act is read (s.2, s.3)","Mixed treatment of real property (sell trust) versus personal property (call in/convert) with cost deductions before distribution (s.6(1))","Validation of a wide variety of specific dealings requiring legal and land-title follow-up (Schedule Two)","Overlap of judicial dispute-resolution with statutory dispute mechanisms (s.8(2) gives moderators a role; Supreme Court as fallback)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does (mechanically)**\n\n- Vests most property that, before 22 June 1977, was held on trust for the Presbyterian Church (Victoria) in The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Victoria), unless the Act itself or other specified provisions say otherwise (s.4(1)).\n- Keeps (retains) and records specific property for the continuing Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation as listed in Schedule One (Part A, B and C) and amends the Register of Trustees to reflect those holdings (s.5(1)–(4)).\n- Provides a mechanism for property that a Commission determined should be divided between the Uniting Church Property Trust (Victoria) and the Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation: such property is to be sold (real property) or converted to money (personal property) and net proceeds split 75% to the Uniting Church Property Trust (Victoria) and 25% to the Presbyterian Trusts Corporation (s.6(1)–(2)).\n- Ratifies and validates a large number of specific transactions, instruments and dealings listed in Schedule Two as if they had been validly entered into at the time (s.7; Schedule Two).\n- Protects donations, gifts and bequests made to or in trust for the Presbyterian Church of Victoria that take effect on or after 22 June 1977 from failing because of the church union or this Act; where there is a dispute about which church a gift should support, the two church moderators may agree or, failing agreement, the Supreme Court decides (s.8(1)–(2)).\n- Declares that the persons who were trustees immediately before 22 June 1977 continued lawfully as trustees for acts done between 22 June 1977 and the date the Act received Royal Assent, validates those acts, and then specifies new trustees (Schedule Three) from the date of Royal Assent (s.9(1)–(3)). It also provides limited protection for those earlier trustees for acts done in good faith (s.9(4)).\n- Modifies how the earlier Presbyterian Trusts Act 1890 (the \"Principal Act\") is read so references to the Church in trust instruments are read as references to the continuing Presbyterian Church of Victoria under the relevant federal Acts (s.3(1)–(2)).\n- Leaves existing court proceedings and Scots’ Church property unaffected by this Act (s.10–11).\n\n**Who it affects**\n\n- The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Victoria): receives vesting of most pre-22 June 1977 trust property unless otherwise provided (s.4).\n- The Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation: retains property listed in Schedule One, receives its 25% share of proceeds where a 75/25 split is required, and has its Register of Trustees adjusted as required (s.5–6).\n- Local congregations, committees and institutions that previously held property on trust through the Principal Act: their trust arrangements are either transferred, retained, or converted and distributed according to the Act (s.4–6, s.5(5)).\n- Donors and testators who made gifts or bequests to the Presbyterian Church of Victoria on or after 22 June 1977: their gifts are preserved and can be allocated by agreement of church moderators or by the Supreme Court if disputed (s.8).\n- Third parties dealing with the listed land or transactions in Schedule One and Schedule Two (buyers, mortgagees, local authorities): the Act validates many title dealings and specifies trustees for listed parcels (Schedules One–Two).\n\n**Why it matters (practical effects and mechanisms)**\n\n- It settles legal ownership and control of a very large portfolio of church property that was in legal flux after the 1977 union which created the Uniting Church. Title to many properties is changed by statute rather than by the private execution of transfer instruments (s.4, s.5, Schedules One–Two).\n- Where the Commission determined a split of assets, the Act prescribes a *sales-and-distribution* mechanism (sell/convert then distribute net proceeds 75/25), which changes the exercise of trustees’ powers: trustees must convert assets and pay the defined shares (s.6(1)–(2)). The costs of sale and conversion are paid out of proceeds before distribution, so those involved bear transaction costs indirectly (s.6(1)).\n- The Act validates past trustee appointments and past transactions carried out in the interval between union and enactment to remove doubts about title and trustees’ powers (s.9(1), s.7, Schedule Two). That reduces litigation risk over historic dealings but also freezes certain changes by validating them retrospectively.\n\n**Source claims (stated purposes) and a brief practical test against costs and incentives**\n\n- The Act’s stated purpose is to confirm, ratify and validate arrangements made for dividing property between the Uniting Church and the continuing Presbyterian Church of Victoria (preamble; s.4–6). Mechanically it does that.\n- Concentrated benefits and costs: the division mechanism concentrates larger monetary benefit (75%) in the Uniting Church Property Trust (Victoria) and a smaller share (25%) to the continuing Presbyterian body where the Commission ordered a split (s.6(1)). That allocation is explicit; the Act does not create a market mechanism to re-evaluate fairness — it implements the Commission’s determination.\n- Administrative and compliance costs fall to trustees and the two trust corporations: they must transfer titles, amend the Register of Trustees, sell or convert assets where required, and ensure proceeds are distributed and held under the correct statutory trusts (s.5(3), s.6(2)).\n- Implementation risk and litigation: the Act removes uncertainty by validating past transactions (s.7) and protecting certain ongoing court cases (s.10), but it also preserves the Supreme Court as the dispute-resolver for contested gifts (s.8(2)). There is therefore residual court involvement for allocation disputes.\n- Effect on private parties and markets: property that was previously held for local congregations or committees is in many cases statutorily vested in central trusts or required to be sold and proceeds distributed; that changes local control over property and could change how those assets are managed or monetised (s.4–6, Schedules).\n\n**Concrete lines of decision and who acts**\n\n- The Commission established under the Presbyterian Church of Australia Act 1971 determines which properties are to be divided between the two bodies (s.6(1) cross-ref to the Schedule in that federal Act).\n- Trustees (the two trust corporations) are required and authorised to carry out sales/conversions and title adjustments to give legal effect to the Commission’s determinations (s.6(2), s.5(3)).\n- The Moderator of the Victorian Synod of the Uniting Church and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria may agree on contested gifts; otherwise the Supreme Court decides (s.8(2)).\n\n**Practical exceptions and limits**\n\n- The Act does not apply to schools or school property except for section 7 (the ratification of certain transactions) — school property is largely preserved from the operation of this Act (s.2(2)).\n- The Act does not touch properties governed by the Scots’ Church Properties Act 1891 or trustees under the Scots’ Church trust deed (s.11).\n\n**Key sections to look at for specific tasks**\n\n- Vesting in Uniting Church trust: s.4 (and s.4(2) for related federal provisions).\n- Property retained for Presbyterian Trusts Corporation and register changes: s.5 and Schedule One.\n- Division mechanism and proceeds allocation: s.6.\n- Ratification of specific transactions: s.7 and Schedule Two.\n- Gifts and disputed allocations: s.8.\n- Trustee validation and replacement: s.9 and Schedule Three.\n- Exclusions (schools, Scots’ Church, ongoing proceedings): s.2(2), s.11, s.10.\n\n(References in parentheses are to the relevant sections of the Presbyterian Trusts Act 1979.)"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original purpose: facilitating the property division between the Uniting Church and the continuing Presbyterian Church of Victoria following the 1977 union. The detailed schedules of property titles and the specific validation of interim transactions all serve this core purpose. There is no evidence of scope creep into broader areas of church governance or property law."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to three other Acts: the Presbyterian Trusts Act 1890 (the 'Principal Act'), The Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977, and the Presbyterian Church of Australia Act 1971","Retrospective operation: the Act is deemed to have commenced on 22 June 1977, two years before it was actually passed, creating complex validation provisions","Multiple schedules containing granular property details: Schedule 1 alone lists approximately 150+ specific land titles with volume/folio numbers and named trustees","Nested conditional logic in property division: Section 6 creates a 75/25 split formula for certain properties, but only where the Commission has made specific determinations under the 1971 Act","Dual trustee systems: The Act manages both the Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation and individual local trustees named in Schedule 1 Part B","Specific exclusions: Section 2(2) excludes all school property from the Act except for Section 7; Section 11 completely excludes Scots' Church property","Validation provisions in Section 9 that deem certain actions valid 'as if' they had been properly authorised, creating counterfactual legal fictions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Victorian law deals with the messy business of dividing church property after a major religious merger. In 1977, most Presbyterian churches in Victoria joined with Methodist and Congregational churches to form the Uniting Church in Australia. However, a minority of Presbyterians chose to remain separate and continue as the Presbyterian Church of Victoria.\n\n**What this Act does:**\n\n*   **Splits the assets**: It creates a legal framework for dividing property between the new Uniting Church and the continuing Presbyterian Church of Victoria. Most property held before the 1977 union automatically went to the Uniting Church, unless specifically kept by the Presbyterians.\n*   **Protects the minority**: It ensures the Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation (the legal body that holds church property) could continue operating for those who didn't join the union.\n*   **Validates past actions**: It backdates the law to 22 June 1977 (the union date) and validates property transactions that happened in the interim period before this Act was passed.\n*   **Lists specific properties**: The Act includes detailed schedules listing exactly which land titles, Crown grants, and properties go to which church body, and who the trustees are.\n*   **Handles disputes**: It provides a mechanism for resolving disagreements about whether gifts or bequests should go to the Uniting Church or the continuing Presbyterian Church.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Victoria)\n*   The Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation\n*   Individual church congregations and their property trustees\n*   People who left property to the Presbyterian Church in their wills (ensuring these gifts don't fail due to the church union)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this law, there would have been legal chaos about who owned thousands of church properties—churches, halls, manses, and land—after the 1977 union. It prevented expensive court battles by clearly setting out the rules for the split and protecting the rights of the minority who chose not to unite."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the Act appears to have remained consistent with its original intent as a narrow piece of legislation governing Presbyterian Church trust arrangements in Victoria. There is no indication of significant scope creep or amendment that broadened or narrowed its application beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow and specialist subject matter — applies only to Presbyterian Church trust arrangements in Victoria","Involves trust law concepts (such as corporate trustees and beneficial ownership) that require some legal literacy","Interaction between religious organisation governance and general property/trust law adds a layer of complexity","Limited publicly available detail in the provided text makes full analysis difficult","Relatively short and purpose-specific Act typical of denominational trust legislation, keeping overall complexity low"],"plain_english_summary":"The Presbyterian Trusts Act 1979 gives the Presbyterian Church of Victoria a clear legal framework to hold, manage and transfer property and funds through recognised trustees or a corporate trustee. It affects the Church, its trustees, donors and anyone with an interest in church-owned assets.\n\nThis ensures church land, buildings and funds are legally protected and administered for their intended religious and charitable purposes, reducing uncertainty and simplifying property dealings."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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