1Presbyterian Synod of Victoria Act 1854

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documentsi Version No. 001 Presbyterian Synod of Victoria Act 1854 Act No. 19/1854 Version as at 26 February 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page

1. Powers and privileges conferred upon Synod of Australia conferred upon Synod of Victoria 2
2. Real estate vested in trustees under Synod of Australia etc. to be held by the same trustees under Synod of Victoria etc. 3 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5
3. General Information 5
4. Table of Amendments 6
5. Explanatory Details 7

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1 Version No. 001 Presbyterian Synod of Victoria Act 1854 Act No. 19/1854 Version as at 26 February 2003 An Act to regulate the temporal affairs of the Synod of Victoria and to amend the Law relating thereto. Preamble WHEREAS by an Act of the Governor and Legislative Council of the Colony of New South Wales passed in the eighth year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth intituled "An Act to regulate the temporal affairs of Presbyterian Churches and Chapels connected with the Church of Scotland in the Colony of New South Wales" and of another Act of the said Governor and Legislative Council passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria intituled "An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to regulate the temporal affairs of the Presbyterian Churches and Chapels connected with the Church of Scotland in the Colony of New South Wales" certain powers privileges and advantages were conferred on the Synod of Australia in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland and the Ministers of the Congregations subject to the spiritual jurisdiction thereof: AND WHEREAS the Ministers and Congregations subject to the spiritual authority of the Synod of Australia situated within that part of the territory of New South Wales known as the District of Port Phillip and which has since been erected into the separate Colony of Victoria were constituted and have since constituted a subordinate Presbytery of the said Synod bearing the designation of the Presbytery of Melbourne:

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 19/1854 Presbyterian Synod of Victoria Act 1854 2 AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the Presbyterian Church in the Colony of Victoria should be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the said Synod of Australia and be formed into a distinct Synod separate from and unconnected with any other Church or Ecclesiastical body whatsoever possessing full and independent powers of self-government and bearing the name of "The Synod of Victoria": AND WHEREAS it is also expedient that the said recited Acts be so amended that they may apply to the said Synod of Victoria having the above powers. BE IT ENACTED THEREFORE by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of the said Colony of Victoria by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows: