1Sisters of Mercy (Wodonga Land) Act 1987

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documentsi Version No. 001 Sisters of Mercy (Wodonga Land) Act 1987 Act No. 80/1987 Version as at 24 February 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page

1. Purpose 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Definitions 3
4. Land at Wodonga 3 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5
5. General Information 5
6. Table of Amendments 6
7. Explanatory Details 7

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1 Version No. 001 Sisters of Mercy (Wodonga Land) Act 1987 Act No. 80/1987 Version as at 24 February 2003 The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows: WHEREAS— (a) by an indenture of conveyance dated 24 February 1921, a memorial of which is registered in the office of the Registrar- General number 981 book 493, the land mentioned in the indenture was conveyed to Mark Corcoran Mulqueeney, John Mulqueeney and Martin Joseph Kelly to have and to hold upon trust as joint tenants in fee simple for the use of the religious community residing at St. Joseph's Convent at Wodonga to be used by that religious community as a pasturage for cultivation as a garden and such similar purposes as may be by them required; (b) the trustees are all deceased; (c) the religious community residing at St. Joseph's Convent at Wodonga have at all times been members of the Religious Order known as the Sisters of Mercy; (d) the personal representative of the last surviving trustee has by deed dated 12 September 1986 appointed Sisters of Mercy Property Association of 230 Rosanna Road, Rosanna, sole trustee of the land; (e) the land has not been used for the purpose of pasturage for cultivation as a garden and such similar purposes for many years and is

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 80/1987 Sisters of Mercy (Wodonga Land) Act 1987 2 not at present used or required for use for that purpose; (f) part of the land was conveyed to the Board of Land and Works by conveyance dated 14 July 1883; (g) it is expedient that the land should be freed and discharged from the original trust in order to facilitate the proper and orderly development and use of the land as industrial land in accordance with the planned development of industrial land in Wodonga and for the land and any proceeds of the sale of the land to be held on trust for the benefit of all members of the Sisters of Mercy in Victoria and Tasmania. The Parliament of Victoria therefore enacts as follows:

1. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to enable— (a) certain land at Wodonga to be freed and discharged from certain charitable trusts and to be sold; and (b) the proceeds of the sale to be held upon similar but more appropriate trusts, having regard to developments in Wodonga and changes in the needs of the Sisters of Mercy, for the more effective carrying on of their charitable works.