27Trust must make Trust rules

27 Trust must make Trust rules

27 Trust must make Trust rules

(1) The Trust must make Trust rules, not inconsistent with this Act:

(a) for the control, management and administration of, and dealings with, general trust property or congregational trust property, and

(b) for the operation of the Trust, and

(c) for the conduct of proceedings of the Board (which may provide for meetings of the Board to be held by electronic means).

(2) Without limiting the matters that can be the subject of the Trust rules, the Trust rules must address the following matters, as a minimum:

(a) the Trust functions that may be delegated,

(b) the persons to whom those Trust functions may be delegated,

(c) the procedure by which the Trust can recognise that an entity is a congregation for the purposes of this Act,

(d) the procedure by which the Trust can recognise that an entity is a ministry for the purposes of this Act,

(e) the procedure for the appointment of Board-appointed members,

(f) the procedure for meetings of the Board, including the following:

(i) the procedure for the calling of ordinary meetings, annual meetings and extraordinary meetings on the request of members,

(ii) the procedure for the conduct of business at meetings,

(iii) whether voting is to be by secret ballot, by show of hands or otherwise,

(iv) whether members of the Board are entitled to vote by proxy at meetings,

(v) the majority required for a resolution of a meeting at which a quorum is present to be carried,

(vi) a requirement that minutes are to be kept of the proceedings of each meeting, which are to include a record of at least the following:

(A) all motions put to the meeting,

(B) amendments to such motions,

(C) the names of the movers and seconders of those motions and amendments,