1Presbyterian Church Act 1976

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Presbyterian Church Act 1976

Western Australia

Presbyterian Church Act 1976

Contents

1. Short title 1

2. Commencement 1

3. Section 3 amended 1

4. Presbytery of Western Australia 2

5. Reversion to General Assembly 3

Notes

Compilation table 4

Western Australia

Presbyterian Church Act 1976

An Act to amend the Presbyterian Church Act 1908 and for other purposes.

[Assented to 1 December 1976.]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Presbyterian Church Act 1976, and shall be read with the Presbyterian Church Act 1908, as amended by Act No. 50 of 1919, Act No. 6 of 1924, Act No. 19 of 1964, Act No. 91 of 1970 and Act No. 2 of 1972.

2. Commencement

This Act shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by proclamation, and such day is in this Act referred to as “the appointed day”.

3. Section 3 amended

Section 3 of the Presbyterian Church Act 1908 is amended by substituting for the definition “Minister” the following definition —

“Minister” means any person recognised as a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Australia by a Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia and who is a member of that Presbytery.

4. Presbytery of Western Australia

On and after the appointed day until such time as a notice is published in the Government Gazette pursuant to section 5 of this Act the following provisions shall apply —

(a) the Presbyterian Church Act 1908, as amended, shall be read as if —

(i) the word “Church” means that portion of the Presbyterian Church of Australia which is in Western Australia;

(ii) the words “General Assembly” mean the Presbytery of Western Australia;

(iii) the word “Moderator” means the moderator for the time being of the Presbytery of Western Australia;