Church of England Act 1903 (Vic)

Version No. 001

Church of England Act 1903

Act No. 1821/1903

Version as at 1 November 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section  Page

1.Short title and construction

2.First Church assemblies in Ballarat, Bendigo and Wangaratta to be deemed duly convened and constituted

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ENDNOTES

1.  General Information

2.  Table of Amendments

3.  Explanatory Details

Version No. 001

Church of England Act 1903

Act No. 1821/1903

Version as at 1 November 1999

An Act relating to the Church of England in Victoria.

BE IT ENACTED by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):

1.Short title and construction

This Act may be cited as the Church of England Act 1903, and shall be construed as one with an Act passed in Victoria in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four and intituled An Act to enable the Bishops Clergy and Laity of the United Church of England and Ireland in Victoria to provide for the regulation of the affairs of the said Church.

2.First Church assemblies in Ballarat, Bendigo and Wangaratta to be deemed duly convened and constituted

Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Act or in any Act amending the same, the first Assembly of the licensed clergy and the laity of the diocese of Ballarat convened by the Bishop thereof and held in the year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five and of the dioceses of Bendigo and Wangaratta respectively convened by the Bishops thereof and held in the year One thousand nine hundred and two shall as from the date of the holding of the first Assembly as aforesaid in each such diocese be deemed to have been duly convened and to have been legally held and constituted, and every lay representative taking part in or voting at any such first Assembly shall be deemed to have been duly elected and qualified as a lay member of such Assembly.

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ENDNOTES

1.     General Information

The Church of England Act 1903 was assented to on 6 April 1903 and came into operation on 6 April 1903.

2.     Table of Amendments

There are no amendments made to the Church of England Act 1903 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

3.     Explanatory Details

No entries at date of publication.