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ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT 1961 - NOTES

- As at 11 August 1999 - Act 16 of 1961

Church of England in Australia Constitution Act 1961

Note:

In this Act, a reference to the Church of England or to the Church of England in Australia is to be construed as a reference to the Anglican Church of Australia-see Anglican Church of Australia Act 1976, sec 4 (a) and Sch 1.

Reprint history (since 1972):

Reprint No 1   3 December 1979  

Preamble

WHEREAS by Ordinances duly passed by the Synods of the several Dioceses of the Church of England in the State of New South Wales such Dioceses have assented to a Constitution for the Church of England in Australia being the Constitution approved by the General Synod of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania at its meeting held in Sydney on the sixth day of October one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, for submission to the Dioceses of the said Church AND WHEREAS the said Constitution provides that it shall take effect on a day to be appointed by a deed signed by the Diocesan Bishops of not less than eighteen Dioceses of the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania including two Metropolitans declaring that their respective Dioceses have assented to the Constitution and that such day shall not be appointed until the Parliaments of five States of the Commonwealth of Australia have passed Acts for giving effect to the said Constitution AND WHEREAS not less than eighteen of the said Dioceses including not less than two Metropolitan Dioceses have duly assented to the said Constitution AND WHEREAS legal force and effect cannot be given to the said Constitution without the aid of the legislature AND WHEREAS the said Constitution so approved and assented to is set forth in the Schedule to this Act:

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:

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted
See also Anglican Church of Australia Act 1976.

Table of amending instruments

Anglican Church of Australia Constitution Act 1961 No 16 (formerly Church of England in Australia Constitution Act 1961). Assented to 27.3.1961. Date of commencement, sec 12 excepted, 1.1.1962, sec 12 and GG No 125 of 17.11.1961, p 3723. This Act has been amended as follows:

1972 No 48 Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972.
1976 No 21 Anglican Church of Australia Act 1976. Assented to 1.4.1976.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 24.8.1981, sec 2 (2) and GG No 139 of 18.9.1981, p 4892. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984 No 153. Assented to 10.12.1984. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 16 relating to the Anglican Church of Australia Act 1976, assent, sec 2 (1).
1984 No 167 Miscellaneous Acts (Commercial Arbitration) Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 14.12.1984.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.5.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 73 of 26.4.1985, p 1797.

Table of amendments

Sec 1 Subst 1976 No 21, Sch 2 (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16).
Sec 9 Am 1984 No 167, Sch 1.