Church of England Clergy Provident Fund (Sydney) Amendment Act 1941 (NSW)

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGY PROVIDENT

FUND (SYDNEY) AMENDMENT ACT.

Act No. 49, 1941.

An Act to amend the Church of England Clergy Provident Fund (Sydney) Act, 1908; to validate certain matters; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 27th October, 1941..]

BE it enacted b y the King 's Most Excellent Majesty, lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South b y and with t h e advice and consent of t he Legis­	Wales in Par l iament assembled, and by the author i ty of
the same, as follows :—
1 . (1) This Act may be cited as the " C h u r c h of E n g l a n d Clergy Prov iden t F u n d (Sydney) Amendment
Act, 1 9 4 1 . "

(2) The Church of Eng land Clergy Prov iden t F u n d

(Sydney) Act, 1908, as amended by this Act, m a y be cited as the " C h u r c h of Eng land Clergy P rov iden t F u n d (Sydney) Act, 1908-1941."

2 . The Church of E n g l a n d Clergy P rov iden t F u n d

(Sydney) Act, 1908, is amended—

(a)	by omit t ing from section two the words " a m e n d ­ ing the s a m e " and by inser t ing in lieu thereof
the words " m a d e in pursuance of this A c t . "

(1) The B o a r d of Directors of the Clergy Prov iden t F u n d (Sydney) duly elected in accordance with the provis ions of the said ordinance, or elected or appointed under any ordinance made in pursuance of this Act. (ii)

(b) (i) by omit t ing from section three all words

before the words " s h a l l b e " and by insert­

ing in lieu thereof the following w o r d s : —

(ii)   by inserting at the end of the same section the following new subsections:—

(2) The Church of Eng land Synod of the Diocese of Sydney may f rom time to t ime by ordinance—

(a)	change the name of the said board, and
(b)	fix the number of members of the said board, prescr ibe the method of election or appoin tment and re t i rement of such members and prescr ibe the circumstances in which a vacancy in the office of any such member shall occur.

(3) No act or proceeding of the said board shall be or shall be deemed to have been inval idated or prejudiced by reason only of the fact tha t a t the t ime when such act or proceeding was done, taken or com­ menced, there was a vacancy in the office of any member of the said board.

(c) by inserting at the end of section five the follow­ ing new subsection:—-

(3) Section 51A of the Conveyancing Act, 1919-1939, as amended by subsequent Acts , shall not apply to or in respect of any ins t rument executed by the said board.

(d)	by omit t ing from section seven the words " s h a l l , upon the said ordinance coming into operat ion, b e c o m e " and by inser t ing in lieu thereof the
words " o r any provis ion to the like effect in any
ordinance made in pursuance of this Act shall b e " ;
(e)	by omitting from section eight all words after the
words " f r o m time to t i m e " and by inser t ing in
lieu thereof the following w o r d s : —

by ordinance duly made by the said Synod—

(a) to amend the said o rd inance ;

(b) to repeal the said ordinance or any ordinance made in pursuance of this

Act

Act and to incorporate the provisions thereof with or without amendments or replace such provisions;

(c) to amend any ordinance made in pursuance of this Act.