29CChurches ceasing to exist

29C Churches ceasing to exist

29C Churches ceasing to exist

(1) Subject to subsection (2), in the event of any Church of Christ:

(a) deciding to disband as a Church of Christ and by special resolution declaring its intention of so doing,

(b) failing for 3 months to meet for worship, or

(c) being reduced to a membership of less than 20 persons,

the Conference Executive may, by resolution, direct the Church Trustees of that Church of Christ to transfer the property of that Church to the Trust to be held (or, being the Trust, to hold that property) upon trust for such one or more of the purposes prescribed by subsection (3) as it may decide, and thereupon the property of that Church shall be so transferred and held (as the case may require) and, in so far as the purposes declared in that resolution do not apply or cease to be applicable to any part of that property, that part shall be held upon trust for the general purposes of the Churches of Christ in New South Wales.

(2) The Conference Executive may not give a direction under subsection (1) with respect to any property held subject to a condition imposed by a will, deed of gift, deed of trust or other instrument, unless it has certified in writing:

(a) that the direction is not inconsistent with the condition, or

(b) that it is impracticable or inexpedient to comply with the condition.

(3) The purposes prescribed by this subsection are the following:

(a) the purposes of any particular Church of Christ or Churches of Christ in New South Wales,

(b) the support or advancement of any of the activities, work or objects of Conference,

(c) the support or advancement of any of the activities, work or objects of any Conference Committee or Conference Auxiliary.

ss 29A–29E: Ins 1982 No 100, Sch 5 (4).