Church of England Property Management Act 1866 No cep (NSW)

An Act to enable the Members of the United

Church of England and Ireland in New South

Wales to manage the Proper ty of the said

Church. [4th October, 1866.]

WHEREAS at a General Conference of Bishops and Clerical and

Lay Representatives of the existing Dioceses of the United Church of England and Ireland in New South "Wales convened and held in the city of Sydney in the month of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six certain articles and provisions were agreed to and accepted as Constitutions for the management and good government of the said Church And whereas such agreement cannot as regards the management of the property of the said Church be carried into effect without the aid of the Legislature in manner hereinafter provided Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parlia­ ment assembled and by the authority of the same as follows:—

1. The several articles and provisions contained in the said Constitutions and any rules and ordinances to bo made under or by virtue or in pursuance thereof are and shall for all purposes connected with or in any way relating to the property of the said United Church of England and Ireland within the Colony of New South Wales be binding upon the members of the said Church And all persons now or at any time hereafter holding any real or personal estate in trust for or in any way on behalf or for the use of the said Church except in so far as such real or personal estate may be the subject of any express trust and then so far as such express trust shall not extend shall hold the said real and personal estate subject to the said rules and shall be bound thereby as fully in all respects as if the said rules were contained in a deed of conveyance and trust of the said real and personal estate.
2. Provided always that no rule or ordinance to be made under or by virtue or in pursuance of the said Constitutions shall be in con­ travention of any law or statute in force for the time being in this Colony.

3. Provided also that within three months after the passing hereof a copy of the said Constitutions so agreed to and accepted as hereinbefore mentioned shall be recorded in the Supreme Court and the same or a duly certified copy thereof shall be evidence of the said Constitutions. An