3AAdoption of Anglican Church of Australia Constitution

3A Adoption of Anglican Church of Australia Constitution Act 1961 (NSW) (1) Subject to this section, the Anglican Church of Australia Constitution Act 1961 (NSW), sections 2, 3, 8 and 9 as amended as set out in schedule 1, apply, by force of this section, in the Territory as a law of the Territory. (2) In the application in the Territory of those provisions— (a) any reference to the State of New South Wales is a reference to the Territory; and (b) the reference in section 2 of those provisions to the Bishops, clergy and laity being members of the Anglican Church of Australia in the several Dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia within the State of New South Wales is a reference to the Bishops, clergy and laity, being members of the Anglican Church of Australia in the Diocese within the Territory. 4 Vesting trust property in corporate trustees (1) Any church trust property that at any time belongs to or is vested in any trustees shall, on the consent of the trustees or the majority of them given in writing, or on the consent of the synod of the Diocese given by or under an ordinance of the

Section 5 page 4 Anglican Church of Australia Trust Property Act 1928 R3 synod, because of that consent and without other assurance in the law, become vested in the corporate body of trustees. (2) However, if in consequence of death or disability the consent of any trustee cannot be obtained, the bishop of the Diocese may consent in the place of that trustee. 5 Property vested in bishops All church trust property that at any time belongs to or is vested in the bishop of the Diocese shall, by force of this Act, vest from time to time in the person who for the time being is or is deemed to be the successor of the bishop of the Diocese as if that property had belonged to or had been originally granted or conveyed to the bishop of the Diocese and his successors as a body corporate.