Church of England Property Act of 1889 Amendment Act (1892 No cep) (NSW)

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An Act to amend the " Church of England Property Act of 1889" so far as it affects the Diocese of Goulburn. [28th October, 1892.]

W H E R E A S by the " Church of England Property Act of 1889"

it is provided, amongst other things, that from and after the passing of that Act every Bishop of the Church of England for the time being acting and recognised as being the Bishop of any Diocese then existing or which might thereafter be created, and having been consecrated according to the manner and form prescribed and used by the Church of England, notwithstanding that such Bishop might not have been appointed under letters patent from the Crown, should by force of that statute be entitled to all real estate held upon trust for the benefit of the Church in his Diocese; and that every such Bishop should, in all respects within his Diocese, have and enjoy all and singular the same rights and privileges, whether created by statute or grant, deed, or other instrument whatsoever, as were enjoyed or pos­ sessed therein by the Bishops, his predecessors : And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether the said Act has any force or effect in the case of a Bishop who may be consecrated in the Colony of New South Wales without any mandate or license being issued by the Crown for such consecration, and it is desirable to set at rest any such doubts :

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Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. From and after the passing of this Act the " Church of England Property Act of 1889 " shall apply and have full force and effect in the Diocese of Goulburn in the case of any Bishop who has been or shall be consecrated as Bishop of Goulburn in accordance with the determinations of the General Synod of the Dioceses of Australia and Tasmania, Avhethcr consecrated in the Colony of New South Wales or elsewhere, and whether the Queen's mandate or license shall have been issued for such consecration or not.

2. Any Bishop of Goulburn so consecrated as in the last section mentioned shall be Bishop of Goulburn within the meaning of all Acts of the Legislature of New South Wales, and of all ordinances of any Synod of the Church of England in the said Colony, and within the meaning of all deeds, declarations of trust, testamentary dispositions, or other documents or writings whatsoever relating to any property, real or personal, or to any trusts or other matters affecting or concerning the said Church of England in the said Diocese of Goulburn.

3. This Act may be cited as the '•' Church of England Property Act of 1889 Amendment Act."