4Trustees to be bodies corporate

#### 4 Trustees to be bodies corporate 4 Trustees to be bodies corporate > > (1) The trustees of Church trust property for each Diocese shall, by virtue of this Act, be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and being capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of any property, real or personal, and of suing and being sued in its corporate name, and of doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do or suffer: Provided that this subsection shall not operate to incorporate the trustees of Church trust property in any diocese created after the commencement of this Act until the publication in the Gazette of the notification required by section 5. > > > (2) The corporate names of the trustees of Church trust property for the several dioceses existing at the commencement of this Act shall be— > > > > > (a) for the Archdiocese of Sydney, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Sydney, and > > > > > (b) for the Diocese of Armidale, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Armidale, and > > > > > (c) for the Diocese of Bathurst, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Bathurst, and > > > > > (d) for the Diocese of Goulburn, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Goulburn, and > > > > > (e) for the Diocese of Lismore, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Lismore, and > > > > > (f) for the Diocese of Maitland, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland, and > > > > > (g) for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga, and > > > > > (h) for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, the trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes. > > > (3) The objects of a body corporate created by this Act include— > > > > > (a) the operation and conduct of educational, welfare and health institutions, organisations or other bodies, and > > > > > (b) the performance of all such acts, matters and things of any nature (which may include, without limiting the scope of this paragraph, borrowing money) as, in its opinion, are or may be for its benefit or for the benefit of the Church. > > **s 4:** Am 1986 No 190, Sch 1 (3).