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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
Short title 2
Definitions 2
Repeals 3
Incorporation 3
Powers 4
Vesting of property 6
Trust property 6
Power to lease property 7
Land in Tasmania 8
Amendment of Fifth Schedule 8
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SCHEDULE 2—Repealed Acts 18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
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ENDNOTES 41
General Information 41
Table of Amendments 42
Explanatory Details 43
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1
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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):
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Lutheran Church of
Australia Victorian District Incorporation Act
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;
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"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
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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.
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(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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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;
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(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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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
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.
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.
The District shall have power to delegate the exercise of its
authority to such persons and in such manner as it may deem
advisable.
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.
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.
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
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lent money to such congregation or otherwise holds any interest
in the property of such congregation.
VII. The Synod
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.
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".
(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.
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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
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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
The District shall be divided into Zones, whose territorial
boundaries shall be fixed by the District and may be altered by it.
The Church Council shall appoint a pastor as the Zone
Counsellor from nominations made by the pastors of the Zone.
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
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;
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(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
The District through its Synod may petition the Church to
amend, alter, add to, or repeal any of the By-laws of the District.
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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
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.
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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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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THIRD SCHEDULE
PART I
Real Property
Description of Property Name in which Registered
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
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The Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Australia
(Victorian District)
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)
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)
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)
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
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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
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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
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Church of Australia
(Victorian District)
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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Church of Australia
(Victorian District)
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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)
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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
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item 48
amended by
No. 9019
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Personal Property
Description of Property Name in which Registered
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)
Permewan Wright Limited Certificate
No. 4624 $8000 7 per cent.
Unsecured Deposit repayable 19th
July, 1972
Lutheran Church of
Australia Victorian District
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)
Noske Industries Limited. Certificate
Nos 3806, 3807, 3808, 3809 and
5925 Ordinary Shares of 50c
each
The Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Australia
Incorporated Victorian
District
Noske Industries Limited, Certificate
No. 342. 100 6 per cent. Cumulative
Preference Shares of $2 each
The Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Aust.
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)
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)
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)
State Electricity Commission of
Victoria Certificate No. 13477. $500
55/8 per cent. Inscribed Stock due for
repayment 1st September 1978
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Church of Australia
(Victorian District)
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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)
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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
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
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
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
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Church in Australia Victoria
District
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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
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Church in Australia Victoria
District
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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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FOURTH SCHEDULE
Real Property
Description of Property Name in which Registered
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
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
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
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
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
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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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FIFTH SCHEDULE
POWERS OF THE CHURCH IN RELATION TO THE CONDUCT OF
ITS PROPERTY AND OTHER AFFAIRS
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To borrow and raise money in such manner as the Church may think fit
for the promotion of its Objects.
To invest any monies of the Church in such manner as may from time to
time be determined.
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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.
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ENDNOTES
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.
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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.
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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
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3. Explanatory Details
No entries at date of publication.
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