Anglican Church of Australia Act 1975
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1975 As in force at 1 March 2011 Table of provisions 1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1 2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1 3 Constitution, canon and rules to be binding for church property purposes .......................................................................................... 1 4 Effect of canon and rules ................................................................. 1 5 Anglican Church of Australia Trust Corporation............................... 2 6 Construction of laws of the Territory, laws of the church, and instruments ...................................................................................... 2 7 Administration of customary oaths................................................... 3 8 Powers to tribunal under chapter 9 of Constitution .......................... 3 ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 1 March 2011
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1975 An Act relating to the Anglican Church of Australia 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Anglican Church of Australia Act 1975. 2 Definitions In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: Act means the Anglican Church of Australia Constitution Act 1961, of the State of New South Wales. Constitution means the Constitution of the Anglican Church of Australia as set out in the Schedule to the Act. Corporation means the Anglican Church of Australia Trust Corporation incorporated in the State of New South Wales by virtue of section 7 of the Act. 3 Constitution, canon and rules to be binding for church property purposes The provisions of the Constitution, and of any canon or rules made under the Constitution, are, as provided in the Constitution but subject to this Act, for all purposes connected with or in any way relating to the property within the Territory of the Anglican Church of Australia, binding on the Bishops, clergy and laity of the Anglican Church of Australia who are in a diocese, or part of a diocese, of the Anglican Church of Australia within the Territory. 4 Effect of canon and rules A canon or rule made under the Constitution that is inconsistent with a law in force in the Territory is, to the extent of that inconsistency, incapable of having any force or effect in the Territory.
Anglican Church of Australia Act 1975 2 5 Anglican Church of Australia Trust Corporation (1) The Corporation is, by virtue of this section, capable of holding land and exercising all the rights and powers in relation to the property in the Territory of the Anglican Church of Australia that it is capable of exercising in relation to property in the State of New South Wales of that Church. (2) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, or of a Metropolitan or Bishop of that Church exercising the authority, powers, rights and duties of the Primate under the Constitution, certifying that the Corporation consists of the persons specified in the certificate, is, for all purposes, prima facie evidence of the matters certified. (3) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of a person holding office as a member of the Corporation, certifying that a document affixed to the certificate is a copy of a resolution of the Corporation duly passed at a duly constituted meeting of the Corporation is, for all purposes, prima facie evidence of the matters certified. (4) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prevent property in the Territory that is for the time being subject to a trust for, or the use, benefit or purposes of, the Anglican Church of Australia being held by a trustee other than the Corporation. 6 Construction of laws of the Territory, laws of the church, and instruments On the commencement of the Anglican Church of Australia Ordinance 1978, a reference in: (a) an Act or an instrument of a legislative or administrative character made, issued or given under an Act; (d) Church Canons of the General Synod of the Church of England in Australia; (e) Church Ordinances and Church Acts of a provincial or Diocesan Synod of that Church; (f) Church Rules and Regulations made by the authority of those Canons, Ordinances and Acts; and (g) a grant, deed, will or other instrument, to the Church of England or to the Church of England in Australia, shall be read as a reference to the Anglican Church of Australia.