Purchasers, etc., protected from certain irregularities 2
Land titles, registration and fees 3
Schedule — Land vested in Bishop of Geraldton
Notes
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Defined terms
Western Australia
Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925
An Act to vest in the Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton land and other property belonging to the Diocese of Geraldton, and for other relative purposes.
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 1.
2. Interpretation
In this Act the word Property includes property of every kind whatsoever, both legal and equitable, real and personal, and choses in action.
3. Certain property vested in Bishop of Geraldton
The lands comprised in the instruments of title set out in the schedule hereto, and all other property now or hereafter belonging to the Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church known as the Diocese of Geraldton, or vested in any person as trustee on account of the said Church in the said Diocese (including all lands the property of such Church standing in the name of the late William Bernard Kelly, the late Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton, or in the name of Richard Ryan, the present Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton), shall, by virtue hereof, vest absolutely in the Roman Catholic Bishop for the time being of the said Diocese, and his successors in office, subject to all trusts and dispositions respectively affecting the same.
4. Bishop of Geraldton to be a corporation sole
For the purposes of this Act the said Bishop for the time being shall be a corporation sole, by the name of “The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton,” with perpetual succession and a common seal, and by and in that name may sue and be sued, and shall have power to purchase, take, and hold property, and (subject to the trusts and dispositions aforesaid) to sell, mortgage, lease, or dispose of any property hereby vested, and may, in respect of any real or leasehold property vested, exercise all powers conferred on the Bishop for the time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of the Roman Catholic Church of Western Australia, and his successors in office, by the .
Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895
5. Power to mortgage
In addition to the powers of mortgaging contained in the said Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895, it shall be lawful for the said the Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton to mortgage any lands for the time being vested in him, for the purpose of raising moneys to pay and discharge debts now or which may hereafter be incurred, and which are now or may hereafter be secured by mortgages on such lands, or any of them, and for the purpose of raising moneys for the purchase of any lands, and for any other purpose or purposes whatsoever that the said Bishop may deem necessary from time to time.
6. Purchasers, etc., protected from certain irregularities
Nothing in this Act, or in the Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895, contained shall be deemed or construed to make it necessary for any purchaser, mortgagee, or lessee to inquire whether any power of sale, mortgage, or lease was duly and regularly made or exercised, or in anywise to see to the application of any moneys raised under the authority of this Act, or to inquire into the necessity, regularity, or propriety of any such sale, mortgage, or lease, or be affected by notice that the same is or are irregular, unnecessary, or improper, or by notice of any trusts or equities affecting the said lands or any of them.
7. Land titles, registration and fees
The vesting of any land by this Act in “The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton” shall be registered and noted under the Transfer of Land Act 1893 or the Registration of Deeds Act 1856, as the case may require, and on the document of title to such land, free of charge.
[Section 7 amended: No. 60 of 2006 s. 155.]
Schedule — Land vested in Bishop of Geraldton
[s. 3]
[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 31.]
Certificates of title —
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Volume 349
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Voulume 2
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Crown Leases — Numbers 1493/1910, 4918/1914, 252/1919, 253/1919, 254/1919, 255/1919, 256/1919, and Special Lease number 354/42.
Notes
1 This is a compilation of the Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 3. The table also contains information about any reprint.
Compilation table
Short title
Number and year
Assent
Commencement
Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925
9 of 1925
24 Sep 1925
24 Sep 1925
Reprint 1 of the Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 as at 7 February 2003
Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 155
60 of 2006
16 Nov 2006
1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 31
19 of 2010
28 Jun 2010
11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
2 Footnote no longer applicable.
3 Other relevant Acts:
Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895
Roman Catholic Church Lands Amendment Act 1902.
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]