29AABaptist Union temporarily has trust property functions of congregations with small membership

#### 29AA Baptist Union temporarily has trust property functions of congregations with small membership 29AA Baptist Union temporarily has trust property functions of congregations with small membership > > (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 consists of less than 10 members. > > > (2) Until the congregation increases in membership to 10 members or more: > > > > > (a) the Baptist Union is to have and may exercise all of the functions with respect to the trust property that the congregation would otherwise have had and would otherwise have been capable of exercising, and > > > > > (b) the congregation does not have those functions and is not capable of exercising them. > > > (3) The Baptist Union must not exercise any function pursuant to subsection (2) with respect to trust property held on behalf of a congregation unless the Baptist Union has first consulted the members of the congregation. > > > (4) However, for the first 2 years during which the congregation consists of less than 10 members: > > > > > (a) the Baptist Union may not direct the Trust to sell or dispose of any trust property held by it on behalf of the congregation unless the members of the congregation consent, and > > > > > (b) the Trust must not sell or dispose of any trust property held by it on behalf of the congregation unless the members of the congregation consent. > > **s 29AA:** Ins 2013 No 27, Sch 1 \[11\].