Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documentsi Version No. 001 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 Act No. 8178/1971 Version as at 11 August 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page

1. Short title 2
2. Definitions 2
3. Repeals 3
4. Incorporation 3
5. Powers 4
6. Vesting of property 6
7. Trust property 6
8. Power to lease property 7
9. Land in Tasmania 8
10. Amendment of Fifth Schedule 8

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SCHEDULES 9 SCHEDULE 1—Constitution of the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District 9 SCHEDULE 2—Repealed Acts 18 SCHEDULE 3—Real and personal property 19 SCHEDULE 4—Real Property 37 SCHEDULE 5—Powers of the Church in relation to the conduct of its property and other affairs 39 ═══════════════

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsSection Page ii ENDNOTES 41

1. General Information 41
2. Table of Amendments 42
3. Explanatory Details 43

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1 Version No. 001 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 Act No. 8178/1971 Version as at 11 August 2000 An Act to incorporate the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District and for other purposes. Preamble WHEREAS the Association known as the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District was incorporated under the provisions of the United Lutheran Church Incorporation Act 1961: WHEREAS the Association known as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) was incorporated under the provisions of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Incorporation Act 1964: AND WHEREAS the said Associations have agreed to unite and form themselves into an Association to be called the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District: BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 2

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act
3. Definitions In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter— "Church" or "District" means the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District incorporated by this Act; "United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District" means the Association incorporated under the provisions of the United Lutheran Church Incorporation Act 1961; "The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)" means the Association incorporated under the provisions of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Incorporation Act 1964; "congregation" means any congregation which is now or was or may hereafter become a constituent of either the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District or The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) or the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District; "the Synod" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Constitution set forth in the First Schedule to this Act; "Church Council" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Constitution set forth in the First Schedule to this Act; s. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 3 "President" means the President for the time being of the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District appointed by the Synod of the Church; "Constitution" means the Constitution set forth in the First Schedule to this Act; "property" means all property real or personal whether within or without the State of Victoria; "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Act. 3. Repeals The Acts mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act to the extent to which the same are in and by the said Schedule expressed to be repealed are hereby repealed. 4. Incorporation There shall be a body corporate by the name "Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District" consisting of all members at the passing of this Act of the body corporate known as the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District which was incorporated as recited in the preamble of this Act and all members at the passing of this Act of the body corporate known as The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) which was incorporated as recited in the preamble of this Act and all persons in the State of Victoria and elsewhere who from time to time in accordance with the Constitution for the time being of the Church accept as their general tenets the doctrines set forth in Clause II of the First Schedule and the said body corporate shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and under the name Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District may sue and be sued s. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 4 prosecute and defend and take and suffer all the proceedings in all courts. 5. Powers (1) The Church may— (a) make by-laws and rules (not inconsistent with this Act or the said Constitution) for or with respect to all or any of the matters following— (i) the admission expulsion or re- admission of congregations to membership of the Church; (ii) conduct of the officers of the said Church and the election and duties of officers; (iii) the appointment rotation and duties of all minor officials of the said Church; (iv) the keeping of accounts and records; (v) the appointment of auditors; (vi) the convening and conduct of conventions, conferences and meetings; (vii) the custody care and maintenance of Church property; (viii) the execution and authentication of documents; (ix) the authorization of expenditure; (x) the rescission or amendment of by-laws and rules; (xi) the remuneration of officers and employés; (xii) such other matters that may from time to time be necessary or expedient. s. 5

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 5 (b) make such alterations in and additions to the Constitution of the Church (a copy of which is set out in the First Schedule hereto) as may be found from time to time necessary or expedient; (c) take purchase receive hold and enjoy property upon the trusts and with the powers set out in the Fifth Schedule and also to sell grant transfer convey exchange demise (whether by way of lease or otherwise) create easements over or otherwise dispose of either absolutely or by way of mortgage charge lien or other encumbrance any of the property at any time belonging to the Church provided that if any such property is subject to any trust the provisions of such trust shall be carried out by the Church in accordance with the trust deed or other instruments creating the trust; and generally to exercise subject to the provisions of this Act all powers rights and privileges incident to a body corporate. (2) The Church Council for the time being of the Church shall have the custody and the use of the common seal of the Church and a majority of the members of such Council or a majority of the members of a convention of the Synod shall have power to use or direct the use of such seal for all purposes for which the use of such seal is required. (3) The seal shall not be affixed otherwise than pursuant to a resolution of the said majority of either the Church Council or a convention of the Synod; and any two of the President, Vice- President, Secretary, Treasurer for the time being of the Church or any other official appointed for the purpose by a duly constituted convention of s. 5

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 6 the Church shall sign their names to the documents to which the seal has been affixed. 6. Vesting of property All the estate and interest of the bodies corporate and the several persons named in the Third Schedule of this Act in the property therein set forth and all property held at the date of the coming into operation of this Act by any person or persons in trust for the Church or for the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District or for The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) referred to in the preamble to this Act shall from and after the coming into operation of this Act vest in the Church without the necessity for any conveyance transfer or other assurance of such property. 7. Trust property (1) Where at any time after the coming into operation of this Act any person or persons holds or held any property in trust for or on behalf of the congregation such person or persons may, with the consent of, or shall, at the direction of, the majority of the members of such congregation present in person or by proxy at a meeting duly convened for the purpose and with the approval of the Church convey assign or transfer such property to the Church subject to the trusts upon which the same is held and the conveyance assignment or transfer when completed and accepted by the Church shall from and after the date thereof operate as a discharge of all the trustees from the duties of the trust. (2) A minute of resolution contained in the minutes of the meeting and signed by the Chairman thereof shall be conclusive proof for all purposes that such meeting was duly convened and that such s. 6

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 7 resolution was duly passed thereat by the requisite majority. (3) If any person or persons in whom the property is for the time being vested refuses or refuse or for a period of one calendar month after being directed by a majority of the voting members of the congregation present and voting at a duly constituted meeting of the congregation as hereinbefore provided fails or fail to execute and deliver such conveyance assignment or transfer to the Church or if there is or are no such person or persons or if such person or persons is or are dead or absent from Victoria or are unable to be found then and in any such events the President may execute such conveyance assignment or transfer in lieu of such person or persons. (4) The execution by the President of an instrument of conveyance assignment or transfer pursuant to the powers conferred by sub-section (3) shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if the same had been executed by the person or persons refusing or failing to execute and deliver such conveyance or transfer or being dead or absent from Victoria or unable to be found as aforesaid; and the mere fact of execution by the President shall be conclusive proof for all purposes that all matters and conditions preliminary to such execution by him as required by this section have duly occurred or have been duly complied with. 8. Power to lease property Except insofar as it is prohibited from doing so by the original trusts to which any property vested in it is subject the Church may devise for any term (whether upon building lease or other lease or tenancy) charge mortgage encumber give easements over exchange partition or sell any such property as aforesaid and generally deal with the s. 8

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 8 same as fully and effectually as if it were the beneficial owner thereof. 9. Land in Tasmania The persons (whether corporate or unincorporate) referred to in the Fourth Schedule as the persons registered as proprietors of the several pieces of land described in the Fourth Schedule, being land situate in the State of Tasmania, are hereby required as trustees of the said land to take or cause to be taken such action as is necessary to have the Church registered as proprietor of the said pieces of land and to sign all necessary conveyances transfers assurances or other documents for that purpose. 10. Amendment of Fifth Schedule The provisions set out in the Fifth Schedule may at any time and from time to time be altered modified or amended by the Church by resolution duly passed in accordance with its Constitution.

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Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 9 SCHEDULES FIRST SCHEDULE CONSTITUTION OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIAN DISTRICT Interpretation In this Constitution and the By-laws made thereunder unless the context or subject-matter otherwise requires— "Church worker" means any person within the District whose name is listed on the Register of Church Workers provided for in the By-laws of the Church; "congregation" means a group of persons within the assigned area of the District adhering to the Lutheran Faith who regularly meet for the administration of the Means of Grace and who have constituted themselves as an organized body by the adoption of a constitution; "layman" means any member of a congregation of the District other than a pastor; "pastor" or "member of the Ministry" means any person ordained to the Holy Ministry according to the rites and practice of the Evangelical Lutheran Church who is a member of the Ministry according to Article V, Clause 1; "teacher" means any pastor or layman called or appointed by the District or any of its congregations to serve on the teaching staff of a school or educational institution established and maintained by the District or congregation. Words importing the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural unless the context or subject-matter otherwise requires. I. Name The name of the District is: LUTHERAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIAN DISTRICT, hereinafter called "the District". II. Confession The District accepts the Confession of the Lutheran Church of Australia, (hereinafter called "the Church") viz.— (a) it accepts without reservation the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as a whole and in all their parts, as the divinely Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 10 inspired, written, and inerrant Word of God, and as the only infallible source and norm for all matters of faith, doctrine, and life; (b) it acknowledges and accepts as true expositions of the Word of God and as its own confession all the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church contained in the Book of Concord of 1580, namely, the three Ecumenical Creeds: being the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed; the Unaltered Augsburg Confession; the Apology of the Augsburg Confession; the Smalcald Articles; the Small Catechism of Luther; the Large Catechism of Luther; and the Formula of Concord. III. Objects The District accepts the Objects of the Lutheran Church of Australia, and shall promote them within its assigned area. These objects are— (a) to fulfil the mission of the Christian Church in the world by proclaiming the Word of God and administering the Sacraments in accordance with the Confession of the Church laid down in Article II; (b) to unite in one body Evangelical Lutheran congregations in Australia and New Zealand for the more effective work of the Church; (c) to promote and maintain true Christian unity in the bond of peace; (d) to ensure that preaching, teaching, and practice in the Church are in conformity with the Confession of the Church; (e) to provide pastors and teachers and other Church workers for service in the Church and its congregations, and for this purpose to establish and maintain institutions for their training; (f) to establish, develop and support missions at home and abroad; (g) to establish and maintain schools and other institutions and to foster all other means whereby the members of the congregations receive Christian education; (h) to cultivate uniformity in worship, ecclesiastical practice and customs in accord with the principles laid down in the Formula of Concord, Article X; (i) to publish, procure, and distribute literature compatible with the Confession and principles of the Church; (j) to provide institutions and agencies to minister to human need in the name of Christ Jesus our Lord; Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 11 (k) to take such action as is necessary for the protection of the congregations, pastors, teachers, and other Church workers in the performance of their duties and the maintenance of their rights. IV. Membership

1. The membership of the District shall consist of congregations within its assigned area which— (a) accept and hold the Confession of the Lutheran Church of Australia; (b) accept the Constitution and By-laws of the Lutheran Church of Australia and the District; (c) submit a Constitution acceptable to the Lutheran Church of Australia and the District; (d) undertake to participate in the work of the Lutheran Church of Australia and the District, and to promote their Objects. Such member congregations shall be recorded in the official Roll of Congregations of the District.
2. At its inception the District shall consist of the congregations which are members of the Lutheran Church of Australia in the area of the District.
3. Membership of Lutheran Church of Australia may be terminated by action of the congregation or by action of the Church, as prescribed by the By-laws of the Lutheran Church of Australia.
4. A congregation which terminates its membership, or whose membership is terminated by action of the Church, shall have no claim upon the Church or District or the property or funds of the Church and of the District; but nothing herein contained prevents the Church from giving effect to any decision, award or recommendation made by any Church tribunal in accordance with the By-laws in consequence of any such termination of membership. V. The Ministry
5. The District recognizes and upholds the Office of the Ministry as the office divinely instituted for the public administration of the Means of Grace. The members of the Ministry are the pastors of the Lutheran Church of Australia, including the pastors emeriti, resident within the District, whose names are recorded on the Roll of Pastors of the District. Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 12 2. A conference of the members of the Ministry, called the Pastors' Conference, shall be held in conjunction with the regular convention of the Synod of the District, and at such other times as may be determined by the Synod or the Church Council. VI. Authority and powers

1. The District consists of congregations voluntarily joined together to establish a wider fellowship in the faith and to promote and do work which congregations could not undertake and do effectively alone and therefore has power and authority to carry out its Objects as set forth in this Constitution, and to perform such other acts as may be incidental thereto.
2. The District, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and By-laws of the Lutheran Church of Australia and this Constitution, shall have authority and power to make rules and regulations for the administration of its affairs.
3. The District shall have power to delegate the exercise of its authority to such persons and in such manner as it may deem advisable.
4. The District shall have power to acquire, accept, hold, dispose of, lease, let, mortgage or otherwise deal with real and personal property and any estate or interest in real and personal property as it may deem necessary for the effective promotion of any or all its activities.
5. The District shall have power to do all such things as the District may think incidental or conducive to the attainment of the Objects of the District or any of them.
6. The jurisdiction of the District over the congregation shall, subject to this Constitution and the By-laws, include the following rights— (a) to ensure faithful adherence to the Confession of the Church; (b) to apply discipline when departure from the doctrine of the Church is evident; (c) to enlist wholehearted co-operation in the programme approved by the Church or the District in the fulfilment of its Objects; (d) to take action when persistent disregard of the resolutions of the Church or the District is evident— but it shall not include power over the purely internal administration of a congregation, or power over the property of a congregation, except to the extent that the District has granted or Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 13 lent money to such congregation or otherwise holds any interest in the property of such congregation. VII. The Synod

1. The power of the District shall be exercised through the Synod, which shall be the highest constitutional authority of the District, with power to direct and control those to whom it has entrusted tasks or has delegated authority.
2. The Synod shall consist of the following— (a) the lay representatives of the congregations who are elected by their respective congregations according to the representation prescribed by the By-laws; (b) the members of the Ministry of the District; (c) the members of the Church Council— who shall comprise the voting members known as "district synodsmen".
3. (a) The lay representatives of the congregations shall serve from the commencement of the regular convention of the Synod to the commencement of the regular convention of the next Synod, and shall be eligible for re-election or re- appointment; (b) the members of the Ministry shall serve for such time as their names are recorded on the Roll of Pastors of the District; (c) the members of Church Council shall serve from the conclusion of the regular convention of the Synod at which they were elected to the conclusion of the regular convention of the next Synod, and shall be eligible for re- election or re-appointment, subject to the limitations hereinafter contained.
4. Casual vacancies may be filled by the body having the right of election or appointment to the position in respect of which the vacancy arises. The person elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the balance of the term of the member whose place he fills.
5. Such other persons as may be prescribed by the By-laws shall be entitled to attend meetings of the Synod as consultants without any right to vote. Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 14 6. In the absence of a District synodsman at a convention of the Synod the right to vote may be accorded to an alternate appointed in a manner laid down in the By-laws to exercise that right. 7. The length of the synodical term shall be one year or such other period as may from time to time be prescribed by the By-laws. 8. The Synod shall convene and be constituted at the beginning of the synodical term in regular convention at a time and place determined by the Church Council. Notice of such regular convention shall be given to the members of the District by the Secretary as laid down in the By-laws. 9. A special convention of the Synod— (a) may be convened by the President with the consent of the Church Council; (b) shall be convened by the President at the request of the Church Council; Notice of a special convention stating its purpose shall be given to the members of the Synod by the Secretary as laid down in the By-laws. 10. When the Synod is not in session, matters of urgency may be referred by the Church Council to the voting members of the Synod for determination in the manner prescribed by the By- laws. 11. Subject to this Constitution and the By-laws, the Synod may determine its own procedure. 12. The Synod may delegate all or any of its powers, authorities, and duties to such persons or bodies and in such manner as it may see fit. VIII. Officers and Administration

1. The officials of the District shall be a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. They shall be elected for a term of office determined by the District. The President and Vice-Presidents shall be pastors of the Church in the District.
2. The District shall have a Church Council, which shall consist of the President, Vice-President or Vice-Presidents, Secretary and as many other members as it may determine in the By-laws. The Church Council shall have authority between the Synods to make decisions within the limits prescribed in the By-laws. Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 15 3. The District shall have a Finance Council, which shall consist of the Treasurer, and as many other members, including at least one pastor, as the District may determine in its By-laws. 4. The District shall appoint as many Standing Committees as it may deem necessary for the carrying out of its Objects. The rights and duties of such Standing Committees shall be as defined in the By-laws. 5. The District may establish as many full-time executive offices for committees of the District as it may deem necessary. The manner of their establishment and of appointment of personnel to such offices and the duties of such personnel shall be as prescribed by the By-laws. 6. The District shall appoint such commissions, tribunals and other bodies and officers as it may deem necessary, and shall prescribe their duties. 7. All Officials, Boards, Standing Committees, and appointees of the District shall have such rights only as have been expressly conferred upon them by the District, or by this Constitution or the By-laws, and in everything pertaining to their rights and the performance of their duties they are responsible to the Synod, and between conventions of the Synod to the Church Council. 8. Auxiliaries approved by the Church may establish a branch in the District. Any constitution of a District Auxiliary and any amendments thereto shall be subject to the approval of the Synod or Church Council of the District. IX. Zones

1. The District shall be divided into Zones, whose territorial boundaries shall be fixed by the District and may be altered by it.
2. The Church Council shall appoint a pastor as the Zone Counsellor from nominations made by the pastors of the Zone.
3. A meeting of the congregations and the pastors in each Zone, called the "Zone Conference", shall be held at least annually under the chairmanship of the Zone Counsellor. X. Discipline, Adjudication, and Appeals
4. Ecclesiastical discipline shall be exercised in the District— (a) by a congregation against any one of its members who evidently departs from the Confession of the Church, or who manifestly leads an ungodly life; Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 16 (b) by those to whom such authority is given in the By-laws of the Church against a pastor, teacher, or officer of the Church if such pastor, teacher, or officer— (i) departs from the Confession of the Church; or (ii) is manifestly guilty of ungodly actions or life; or (iii) is guilty of evident neglect of duty; (c) by those whom such authority is given by the Church against a congregation— (i) if it departs from the Confession of the Church; or (ii) if it refuses to exercise discipline against its members, pastor, or teacher; or (iii) if it persistently disregards the Constitution, rules, and resolutions of the Church. The manner in which such ecclesiastical discipline shall be instituted, the action to be taken, and the rights of appeal, shall be governed by the Word of God and Christian principles, and shall be as laid down in the By-laws and the rules adopted by the Church. 2. The District shall have the authority within its area to adjudicate upon matters— (a) which pertain to the interpretation of its Constitution, rules or regulations; (b) which are in dispute between congregations of the Church and the District or the Church, or between congregations, or between pastors, or between pastors and congregations, or between servants of the District and standing committees; (c) which are submitted to the District and accepted by it for adjudication. 3. The Church and the District together shall establish a judicial procedure to deal with discipline and adjudication and any appeals in relation thereto which may be made. The rules governing such judicial procedure shall be laid down in the By- laws of the Church and in the rules of the Commission on Adjudication and Appeals of the Church. XI. By-laws

1. The District through its Synod may petition the Church to amend, alter, add to, or repeal any of the By-laws of the District. Sch. 1

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 17 2. The District shall have the power at a convention of the Synod to make By-laws not inconsistent with the Constitution and By- laws of the Lutheran Church of Australia, and not inconsistent with these or any amended rules for the regulation of its proceedings and the management of its business and affairs, and for giving effect to the rules, and it may repeal or alter such By- laws from time to time. 3. Where a convention determines, without prior notice on the agenda of a proposal to adopt, repeal, alter, or add to a By-law to deal with any such matters, the President may in his absolute discretion defer, consideration thereof and voting thereon until the next day. XII. Alterations to the Constitution

1. The District, through its Synod, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the By-laws of the Lutheran Church of Australia may petition the Lutheran Church of Australia to amend, alter, add to, or repeal any of the rules, except Article II and Article XII, Clause 1, which shall be considered fundamental and unalterable in their intent and meaning.
2. Notice of any proposed amendment, alteration, addition or repeal shall be given on the agenda of the convention, and any such petition shall require a two-thirds majority of the total number eligible to vote according to Article VII, Clause 2.

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Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 18 SECOND SCHEDULE The following Acts are hereby repealed to the extent referred to: No. 6787—United Lutheran Church Incorporation Act 1961: Wholly. No. 7121—The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Incorporation Act 1964: Wholly.

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Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 19 THIRD SCHEDULE PART I Real Property Description of Property Name in which Registered

1. All that piece of land being Crown Allotment 336 Section H City of Bendigo Parish of Sandhurst County of Bendigo and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 7476 Folio 063 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
2. All the piece of land being part of Crown Allotment 1 Section 61C City of Bendigo Parish of Sandhurst County of Bendigo and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 3403 Folio 474 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
3. All that piece of land being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 39944 Parish of Warrandyte and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8223 Folio 216 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
4. All that piece of land being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 37492 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 21A Parish of Warrandyte and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8167 Folio 751 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
5. All that piece of land being Lot 6 on Plan of Subdivision No. 51124 Parish of Warrandyte County of Evelyn and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8650 Folio 860 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 20 Description of Property Name in which Registered 6. All that piece of land being Lot 110 on Plan of Subdivision No. 50275 lodged in the Office of Titles Parish of Warrandyte and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8288 Folio 797 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 7. All that piece of land being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 72820 Parish of Warrandyte County of Evelyn and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8652 Folio 477 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 8. All that piece of land being Lot 1 on Plan of Subdivision No. 51124 Parish of Warrandyte and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8433 Folio 567 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 9. All that piece of land being Unit 11 on Strata Plan of Subdivision of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8611 Folio 932 on which is erected a block of flats situate at and known as 114 Shannon-street, Box Hill North which unit corresponds to Unit 11 in the said block The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 10. All that piece of land being part of Crown Portion 71 Parish of Boroondara County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 3556 Folio 006 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 11. All that piece of land being part of Crown Portion 30 Parish of Dandenong County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 1843 Folio 497 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 21 Description of Property Name in which Registered 12. All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement six acres two roods and twenty-seven perches and seven tenths of a perch be the same more or less situate in the State of Victoria County of Normanby Parish of South Hamilton being part of Crown Allotment 2 of Section 2 and being the land described in Conveyance No. 817 Book 648 lodged in the Office of the Registrar General Walter Herbert Paech, Leonard Ernest Huf 13. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment 12 Section 15 Parish of Cut Paw Paw County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 7613 Folio 155 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 14. All that piece or parcel of land situated in the Parish of Cut Paw Paw County of Bourke being part of Portion 8 Section 15 of the said Parish and being the land described in Conveyance No. 282 Book 633 lodged in the Office of the Registrar General Walter Herbert Paech, Leonard Ernest Huf 15. All that piece of land being Lots 7 and 8 on Plan of Subdivision No. 58437 lodged in the Office of Titles Parish of Frankston and being the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8495 Folio 253 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 16. All that piece of land being Lot 344 on Plan of Subdivision No. 57876 Parish of Frankston and being the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8466 Folio 297 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 22 Description of Property Name in which Registered 17. All that piece of land being Lot 1 on Plan of Subdivision No. 66662 Parish of Will Will Rook County of Bourke and being the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8564 Folio 514 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 18. All that piece of land being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 66662 Parish of Will Will Rook County of Bourke and being the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8564 Folio 513 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 19. All that piece of land being part of Crown Portion 1 Parish of Keelbundora County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8042 Folio 887 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 20. All that piece of land being part of Lots 1 and 2 Section 59 Block D on Plan of Subdivision No. 2144 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Portion 1 Parish of Mildura County of Karkarooc and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5887 Folio 379 Paul Emil Graetz, George Friedrich Wilhelm Mann, Johann Gustave Seidel 21. All that piece of land being Lot 137 on Plan of Subdivision No. 41485 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 72 Parish of Maryvale and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8188 Folio 098 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 23 Description of Property Name in which Registered 22. All that piece of land being Lot 138 on Plan of Subdivision No. 41485 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 72 Parish of Maryvale and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8188 Folio 113 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 23. All that piece of land being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 19046 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 5D Parish of Narracan County of Buln Buln and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8052 Folio 713 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 24. All that piece of land being Lot 18 on Plan of Subdivision No. 19046 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 5D Parish of Narracan County of Buln Buln and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 7254 Folio 731 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 25. All that piece of land being Lots 28, 29 and 30 on Plan of Subdivision No. 54866 Parish of Moorpanyal and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8342 Folio 839 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 26. All that piece of land being Lots 1 and 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 34641 and Lot 7 on Plan of Subdivision No. 58279 Parish of Ringwood County of Mornington and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8764 Folio 638 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 24 Description of Property Name in which Registered 27. All that piece of land being Lot 1 on Plan of Subdivision No. 55870 Parish of Bumbang and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8404 Folio 632 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 28. All that piece of land being Lot 204 on Plan of Subdivision No. 56768 Parish of Shepparton and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8397 Folio 518 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 29. All that piece of land being Lot 205 on Plan of Subdivision No. 56768 Parish of Shepparton and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8397 Folio 519 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 30. All that piece of land being Lot 206 on Plan of Subdivision No. 56768 Parish of Shepparton and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8397 Folio 520 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 31. All that piece of land being Lot 7 on Plan of Subdivision No. 12932 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 11 Section 16 Parish of Doutta Galla County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6634 Folio 636 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 32. All that piece of land being Lot 39 on Plan of Subdivision No. 64858 Parish of Mulgrave and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8510 Folio 704 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 25 Description of Property Name in which Registered 33. All that piece of land being Lot 75 on Plan of Subdivision No. 12146 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Portion 126 at Camberwell Parish of Boroondara County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5604 Folio 609 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 34. All that piece of land being Lot 23 on Plan of Subdivision No. 40104 Parish of Traralgon County of Buln Buln and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8539 Folio 594 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 35. All that piece of land being Lot 8 on Plan of Subdivision No. 8192 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Portion 1 Parish of Mildura County of Karkarooc and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5877 Folio 213 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 36. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment B Town and Parish of Colac County of Polwarth and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 4216 Folio 145 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 37. All that piece of land being Lot 23 on Plan of Subdivision No. 5031 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 90B Parish of Werrigar County of Borung and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8128 Folio 456 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 26 Description of Property Name in which Registered 38. All that piece of land being part of Crown Portion 39 Parish of Moorabbin County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6189 Folio 641 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 39. All that piece of land being part of Crown Portion 39 Parish of Moorabbin and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8407 Folio 708 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 40. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotments 5 and 6 Section 11 City and Parish of Ballaarat County of Grenville and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5586 Folio 141 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 41. Lease for 21 years from 2nd November 1964 of all that piece of land containing by admeasurement six acres and two perches more or less being Allotment 56 of Section 4 in the Township of Anglesea Parish of Jan Juc County of Grant and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 1208 Folio 108 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 42. All that piece of land being Crown Allotment 3B Section 64 Township and Parish of Ararat and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8399 Folio 272 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 43. All that piece of land being Lot 17 on Plan of Subdivision No. 44579 Parish of Bulleen and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8383 Folio 340 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 27 Description of Property Name in which Registered 44. All that piece of land being Lot 14 on Plan of Subdivision No. 66868 Parish of Sale County of Tanjil and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8542 Folio 270 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 45. All that piece of land being Lot 18 on Plan of Subdivision No. 10884 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Portion 38 Parish of Moorabbin County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6496 Folio 037 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 46. All that piece of land being Allotment 9 of Section A in the Township of Meringur Parish of Meringur and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5833 Folio 591 Otto Grieger, Ernst Paul Johannes Ruchel, Carl Bernhard Wedding 47. All that piece of land being Allotment 8 of Section A in the Township of Meringur Parish of Meringur and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5833 Folio 592 Otto Grieger, Ernst Paul Johannes Ruchel, Carl Bernhard Wedding 48. All that piece of land being Allotment 7 of Section A in the Township of Meringur Parish of Meringur and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5833 Folio 593 Otto Grieger, Ernst Paul Johannes Ruchel, Carl Bernhard Wedding Sch. 3 Sch. 3 Pt 1 item 48 amended by No. 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. item 137).

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 28 Personal Property Description of Property Name in which Registered

1. State Electricity Commission of Victoria $500 55/8 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment on 1st September 1978 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
2. Permewan Wright Limited Certificate No. 4624 $8000 7 per cent. Unsecured Deposit repayable 19th July, 1972 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District
3. Noske Industries Limited. Certificate No. 6440. $200 8 per cent. Registered Unsecured Notes due for repayment on 15th June 1975 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
4. Noske Industries Limited. Certificate Nos 3806, 3807, 3808, 3809 and
5. 5925 Ordinary Shares of 50c each The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia Incorporated Victorian District
6. Noske Industries Limited, Certificate No. 342. 100 6 per cent. Cumulative Preference Shares of $2 each The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Aust.
7. State Electricity Commission of Victoria $2600 71/4 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment on 1st June 1986 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
8. State Electricity Commission of Victoria Certificate No. 65267. $6400 51/2 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment 1st June 1976 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
9. State Electricity Commission of Victoria Certificate No. 14097. $14 300 71/4 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment 1st December 1985 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District)
10. State Electricity Commission of Victoria Certificate No. 13477. $500 55/8 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment 1st September 1978 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 29 Description of Property Name in which Registered 10. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. $220 55/8 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment 1st July, 1979 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 11. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works $420 71/4 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment 1st October 1985 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 12. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works $10 000 55/8 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment on 1st July, 1978 Evangelical Church of Australia Victorian Division 13. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works $1200 55/8 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for repayment on 1st April 1979 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 14. Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd. Certificate No. 2383. $5000 7 per cent. Debenture Stock due for repayment on 31st July 1978 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District 15. Industrial Acceptance Corporation Limited Certificate No. 49259. $5000 7 per cent. First Charge Debenture Stock due for repayment on 28th February 1974 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Aust. (Vic. Division) 16. Industrial Acceptance Corporation Limited Certificate No. 49648. $3000 7 per cent. First Charge Debenture Stock due for repayment on 28th February 1974 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Aust. (Victorian District) 17. Australian Guarantee Corporation Limited Certificate No. 155293. $5000 First Charge Debenture Stock due for repayment on 30th September 1973 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 30 Description of Property Name in which Registered 18. Australian Guarantee Corporation Limited Certificate No. 157311. $3000 First Charge Debenture Stock due for repayment on 30th September 1973 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 19. Commonwealth Treasury Bonds $1600 5 per cent due 15th August 1975 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) 20. Commonwealth Inscribed Stock $1400 5 per cent due 15th May 1978 Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) PART II Real Property Description of Property Name in which Registered

1. All that piece of land containing one acre or thereabouts and being part of Crown Allotment 93 Parish of Katyil County of Borung and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 3355 Folio 871 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District
2. All that piece of land being Lot 3 on Plan of Subdivision No. 14955 lodged in the Office of Titles being part of Crown Portion One Parish of Keelbundora County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6295 Folio 996 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District
3. All that piece of land being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 63546 Township and Parish of Edenhope County of Lowan and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8569 Folio 221 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 31 Description of Property Name in which Registered 4. All that piece of land being Lot 1 on Plan of Subdivision No. 24846 Parish of Moorpanyal and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8376 Folio 218 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 5. All that piece of land being Lot 10 on Plan of Subdivision No. 56322 Parish of Boroka and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8376 Folio 218 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia (Victoria District) 6. All that piece of land being Lot 11 on Plan of Subdivision No. 56322 Parish of Boroka and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8376 Folio 219 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia (Victoria District) 7. All that piece of land containing 2 acres 2 roods and 20 perches or thereabouts being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 63292 lodged in the Office of Titles Parish of Boroka County of Borung and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8606 Folio 659 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia (Victoria District) 8. All that piece of land being part of Crown Section 8 Township and Parish of Horsham County of Borung and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6559 Folio 668 Lindsay Gustav Degenhardt, Oscar Benjamin Schulz, Theodore Carl Block, and Ludwig Carl Reichenbach 9. All that piece of land being part of Crown Section 8 Township and Parish of Horsham and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8323 Folio 024 Lindsay Gustav Degenhardt, Oscar Benjamin Schulz, Theodore Carl Block, and Ludwig Carl Reichenbach 10. All that piece of land being Lot 4 on Plan of Subdivision No. 24859 Parish of Jeparit and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8491 Folio 728 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 32 Description of Property Name in which Registered 11. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment 6 Parish of Jeparit County of Borung and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 4839 Folio 795 Hermann Alfred Menzel, Johann Reinhold Obst, William Clemens Bothe and Friedrich Wilhelm Graetz 12. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment 6 Parish of Jeparit and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8495 Folio 912 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 13. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment 6 Parish of Jeparit and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8495 Folio 911 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 14. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment One Section 37, Township and Parish of Maffra and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8164 Folio 146 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 15. All that piece of land being Lot 234 on Plan of Subdivision No. 12834 lodged in the Office of Titles being part of Crown Allotment C Section 6 Parish of Cut Paw Paw County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8120 Folio 055 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 16. All that piece of land being Lot 235 on Plan of Subdivision No. 12834 lodged in the Office of Titles being part of Crown Allotment C Section 6 Parish of Cut Paw Paw County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8120 Folio 056 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 33 Description of Property Name in which Registered 17. All that piece of land being Lots 48 and 49 on Plan of Subdivision No. 28067 lodged in the Office of Titles being part of Crown Allotment 118A Parish of Nunawading and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8149 Folio 019 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 18. All that piece of land being Lot 71 on Plan of Subdivision No. 6399 lodged in the Office of Titles being part of Crown Portion 150 Parish of Jika Jika County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5485 Folio 935 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 19. All that piece of land being Lot 13 on Plan of Subdivision No. 21015 lodged in the Office of Titles being part of Crown Allotment 20 Parish of Maribyrnong County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8050 Folio 070 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 20. All that piece of land being Lot 2 on Plan of Subdivision No. 17481 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Portion 5 Parish of Keelbundora County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 7081 Folio 095 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 21. All that piece of land being Lots 278, 279 and 280 on Plan of Subdivision No. 51962 Parish of Scoresby County of Mornington and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8713 Folio 016 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 34 Description of Property Name in which Registered 22. All that piece of land being Lot 7 on Plan of Subdivision No. 16618 lodged in the Office of Titles and being part of Crown Allotment 2 and 3 Section 20 Township of Warringal (Heidelberg) Parish of Keelbundora County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6817 Folio 379 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 23. All that piece of land being Lot 1 on Plan of Subdivision No. 53172 Parish of Nunawading and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8498 Folio 767 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 24. All that piece of land containing one acre and fourteen perches or thereabouts being Lot 1 on Plan of Subdivision No. 89157 Township and Parish of Benalla County of Delatite and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8879 Folio 892 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 25. All that piece of land being Lots 2 and 20 on Plan of Subdivision No. 24846 Parish of Moorpanyal County of Grant and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8774 Folio 264 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 26. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotments 13 and 14 Section 20 at East Melbourne City of Melbourne, Parish of Melbourne North County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6453 Folio 488 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District Sch. 3

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 35 Description of Property Name in which Registered 27. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment 14 Section 20 at East Melbourne City of Melbourne Parish of Melbourne North County of Bourke and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 6453 Folio 487 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 28. All that piece of land being part of Crown Allotment 1 Section 37 Township and Parish of Maffra and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 8195 Folio 859 United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 29. All that piece of land being Allotments 8 and 9 of Section 9 "Ararat" County of Ripon Parish of Ararat and being the land more particularly described in Conveyance No. 880 of Book 698 lodged in the Office of the Registrar General The United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District 30. All that piece of land being Allotment 10 of Section 9 "Ararat" County of Ripon Parish of Ararat and being the land more particularly described in Conveyance No. 710 of Book 655 lodged in the Office of the Registrar General Gustav Walter Gerlach, Gustav Friedrich Konig, Friedrich Wilhelm Siegle, Oscar Benjamin Schulz, Herbert Conrad Noske, Ludwig Carl Reichenbach and Franz Eric Theile the Trustees for the time being of The United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian Division)

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 36 Description of Property Name in which Registered 31. All that piece or parcel of land in the State of Victoria containing by admeasurement two acres be the same more or less situate in the Parish of South Hamilton County of Normanby being portion of Allotment No. 3 of Section 1 and being the land described in Conveyance No. 182 Book 610 lodged in the Office of the Registrar General The Trustees for the time being of St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church South Hamilton which is registered in the Register of Successory Trusts Folium No. 390 32. All that piece or parcel of land in the State of Victoria containing by admeasurement one acre seven perches and six tenths of a perch be the same more or less situated in the County of Normanby Parish of South Hamilton being part of Allotment 1 of Section 3 and being the land described in Conveyance No. 181 Book 610 lodged in the Office of the Registrar General The Trustees for the time being of St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church South Hamilton which is registered in the Register of Successory Trusts Folium No. 390

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Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 37 FOURTH SCHEDULE Real Property Description of Property Name in which Registered

1. All that piece of land being part of Lot 26322 in the vicinity of Emu Bay County of Wellington in Tasmania and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 360 Folio 53A Walter Herbert Paech and Leonard Ernest Huf
2. All that piece of land containing thirty-nine perches and eight-tenths of a perch more or less situate and being in the Town of Devonport in the State of Tasmania and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 195 Folio 143 Walter Herbert Paech and Leonard Ernest Huf
3. All that piece of land situated in the City of Hobart in Tasmania containing fourteen perches and eight-tenths of a perch and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 968 Folio 97 Walter Herbert Paech and Leonard Ernest Huf
4. All that piece of land situated in the City of Hobart in Tasmania containing twenty-two perches and three-tenths of a perch and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 463 Folio 8 Walter Herbert Paech and Leonard Ernest Huf
5. All that piece or parcel of land situate at and being in Launceston being the land described in Conveyance No. 30 Book 9604 Walter Herbert Paech and Leonard Ernest Huf Sch. 4

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 38 Description of Property Name in which Registered 6. All that piece of land being Lot 121 on Plan No. 1440 Town of St. Leonards and being the whole of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 2140 Folio 33 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia 7. All that piece or parcel of land situate and being in Launceston being the land described in Conveyance No. 42 Book 7456 Theodore Martin John Wiebusch, Kenneth Wesley Hauesler

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Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 39 FIFTH SCHEDULE POWERS OF THE CHURCH IN RELATION TO THE CONDUCT OF ITS PROPERTY AND OTHER AFFAIRS

1. To take over the whole or any part of the real and personal property and all or any estates and interest therein now vested in or held by the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District or The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) or any persons holding any real or personal property in trust for and on behalf of the said Associations and to give a valid discharge therefor.
2. To take over the whole or any part of real and personal property and all or any estates and interests therein now vested in or held by any other person or persons or by any body or Association whether incorporated or not, as Trustee or Trustees in trust for and on behalf of either the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia Victoria District or The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia (Victorian District) or the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District and to give a valid discharge therefor.
3. To sell manage lease mortgage dispose of or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of the Church whether real or personal.
4. To purchase take or lease or in exchange hire or otherwise acquire any real and personal estate which may be deemed necessary or convenient for any of the purposes of the Church.
5. To construct maintain and alter any houses manses school buildings hospital buildings churches halls chapels benevolent houses and any other buildings or works necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Church.
6. To take any gift of property whether subject to any special trust or not for any one or more of the Objects of the Church.
7. To print and publish any newspapers periodicals books calendars Bibles films film strips tape recordings or any other materials that the Church may think desirable for the promotion of its Objects.
8. To undertake and conduct either by its servants or agents or through or in conjunction with any other person body or association radio television and any other programmes that the Church may think desirable for the promotion of its Objects.
9. To borrow and raise money in such manner as the Church may think fit for the promotion of its Objects.
10. To invest any monies of the Church in such manner as may from time to time be determined. Sch. 5

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 40 11. To undertake and execute any trusts or any agency or any business of any nature whatsoever which may seem directly or indirectly conducive to any of the Objects of the Church. 12. To subscribe to any local or other charities and to grant donations for any public purposes and to provide a superannuation pension or like fund for the servants of the Church and to provide a personal sickness and accident benefit or like insurance for the pastors teachers and other servants of the Church, or otherwise to assist any such pastors servants their widows children and dependants. 13. To undertake and conduct either by its servants or agents or through or in conjunction with any other person body or association a system of education either by and through Sunday schools and Saturday schools Christian day schools colleges seminaries or other institutions of a like nature that the Church may think desirable for the promotion of its Objects and to do all such lawful things as are incidental and necessary for this purpose. 14. To undertake and conduct such youth work as the Church may think desirable for the promotion of its Objects. 15. To establish and support and to aid in the establishment and support of any other association or organizations formed for all or any of the Objects of the Church. ═══════════════ Sch. 5

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 41 ENDNOTES

1. General Information The Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 was assented to on 23 November 1971 and came into operation on 23 November 1971. Endnotes

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 42 2. Table of Amendments This Version incorporates amendments made to the Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 by Acts and subordinate instruments. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Statute Law Revision Act 1977, No. 9019/1977 Assent Date: 17.5.77 Commencement Date: 17.5.77: subject to s. 2(2) Current State: All of Act in operation ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Endnotes

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8178/1971 Lutheran Church of Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act 1971 43 3. Explanatory Details No entries at date of publication. Endnotes