Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The minister duly appointed to a church—
(a) shall, at all times, have free access to the church of which he or she is the officiating minister; and
(b) may freely exercise his or her spiritual functions in the church without interruption or disturbance by any person; and
(c) may, while he or she continues to be the minister freely use, possess and enjoy the minister's dwelling house and the appurtenances to that house.
(2) The exercise of any right under subsection (1) shall not give any right of possession or property to a minister after he or she has ceased to be, or has been removed from the office of, the officiating minister of the church regardless of the length of time for which that minister exercised that right.