1Methodist Church of Australasia Supernumerary Ministers and Ministers' Widows Fund Act 1975

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documentsi Version No. 001 Methodist Church of Australasia Supernumerary Ministers and Ministers' Widows Fund Act 1975 Act No. 8668/1975 Version as at 7 August 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page

1. Short title 2
2. Definitions 2
3. Act and Model Deed not to apply to property held for Fund purposes 3
4. Property held for Fund purposes to vest in the Trustees 3
5. Power to Registrar of Titles to give effect to vesting 3
6. Validation of certain Acts 4 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5
7. General Information 5
8. Table of Amendments 6
9. Explanatory Details 7

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1 Version No. 001 Methodist Church of Australasia Supernumerary Ministers and Ministers' Widows Fund Act 1975 Act No. 8668/1975 Version as at 7 August 2000 An Act to make further provision with respect to the Methodist Church (Victoria) Property Trust and with respect to the Methodist Church of Australasia Supernumerary Ministers and Ministers' Widows Fund and for other purposes. Preamble WHEREAS the Methodist Church (Victoria) Property Trust Act 1970— (a) constituted the Methodist Church (Victoria) Property Trust (hereinafter called "the Property Trust"); (b) by section 14 vested in the Property Trust all real and personal property situated in Victoria which at the commencement of that Act was held upon the trusts of the Model Deed; (c) by section 15 vested all land situated in Victoria which at the commencement of that Act was held by any person persons or company for the Church in the Property Trust; (d) by section 18 made provision with respect to certain devises gifts and grants of land situated in Victoria: AND WHEREAS there was established in the year 1856 the Methodist Church of Australasia Supernumerary Ministers and Ministers' Widows Fund:

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 8668/1975 Methodist Church of Australasia Supernumerary Ministers and Ministers' Widows Fund Act 1975 2 AND WHEREAS the management of the property held on trust for the purposes for which that Fund was constituted (hereinafter called "Fund purposes") was vested in trustees: AND WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether— (a) property held for Fund purposes was property subject to the provisions of the Model Deed and therefore by the Act vested in the Property Trust; (b) the said section 15 applied to or in relation to property held for Fund purposes; and (c) the said section 18 applied to or in relation to property devised given or granted for Fund purposes: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to resolve those doubts: 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):