The Presbyterian Church (New South Wales) Property Trust Act 1936
17Rights of ministers
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17 Rights of ministers
17 Rights of ministers
The minister lawfully appointed shall have free access and admission to the church of which he is the officiating minister and the burial-ground belonging thereto and every part thereof respectively at all times as he shall think fit and shall freely exercise his spiritual functions therein respectively without interruption or disturbance by any persons and shall while he shall continue to be such minister as aforesaid freely use possess and enjoy the minister’s dwelling-house and the appurtenances thereto and shall subject to the provisions of this Act be entitled to receive for his own use and benefit out of the net rents issues and profits of any glebe or other lands belonging to his congregation yearly a sum of three hundred dollars a year exclusive of stipend from other sources: Provided that no such liberty of access admission or possession as aforesaid for any length of time shall confer any right of possession or property on such minister after he shall have ceased to be such officiating minister as aforesaid or after he shall have been legally removed from his office.