Section 22 - Baptist Churches of New South Wales Property Trust Act 1984 - General functions of Trust

22General functions of Trust

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22 General functions of Trust

(1) Subject to this Act, in the exercise of its functions under this Act, the Trust may request the direction of the Executive Committee and act upon any such direction, if given.

(2) Subject to this Act and to the terms of any trust to which trust property is subject, the Trust may:

(a) erect buildings or permit buildings to be erected on land which is trust property,

(b) permit buildings erected on any such land to be used for any one or more of the objects prescribed by subsection (3),

(c) subject to subsection (4), repair, alter, enlarge, demolish or partially or wholly rebuild any building erected on any such land,

(d) permit a person to officiate as pastor in any church building erected upon any such land, but only if:

(i) the person is of the Baptist denomination and holds as general tenets the doctrines set forth in Schedule A to the Incorporation Act, and

(ii) except in the case of a pastor appointed before the appointed day, the person has been chosen by the congregation which for the time being worships in the church building and, in any case, has not been removed from the office of pastor by that congregation,

(e) despite paragraph (d), permit an occasional minister or other person to officiate in any such church building, but only if:

(i) the pastor or the deacons of the congregation that for the time being worships in the church building concurs or concur, or

(ii) where there is no pastor and there are no deacons of that congregation—the officer who is a member of that congregation and who is nominated by that congregation for the purposes of this subparagraph concurs,

(f) borrow or raise money by granting a legal or an equitable mortgage over any trust property or part of trust property or by making, endorsing or dealing with any negotiable instrument but, where the money is borrowed or raised at the direction of a congregation, only in such amounts and for such one or more of the purposes prescribed by subsection (5) as may be directed by the congregation, being purposes which are for the benefit of:

(i) the congregation giving the direction,