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Baptist Churches of New South Wales Property Trust Act 1984
29Baptist Union temporarily has trust property functions of dissolved congregations
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#### 29 Baptist Union temporarily has trust property functions of dissolved congregations
29 Baptist Union temporarily has trust property functions of dissolved congregations
> > (1) This section applies if, while any trust property situated in a district is vested in the Trust, a congregation which is or was established in the district is dissolved or dispersed so that there are no members of a congregation in that district meeting together for the public worship of God according to the usages of the Baptist denomination.
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> > (2) Until a congregation having 10 members or more is again formed in that district, the Baptist Union is to have and may exercise all of the functions with respect to the trust property that the dissolved or dispersed congregation would otherwise have had and would otherwise have been capable of exercising.
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> > (3) However, for the first 6 months after the dissolution or dispersal:
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> > > (a) the Baptist Union may not direct the Trust to sell or dispose of any trust property held by it on behalf of the dissolved or dispersed congregation, and
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> > > (b) the Trust must not sell or dispose of any such trust property.
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> **s 29:** Subst 2013 No 27, Sch 1 \[11\].