New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsIn this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject matter:
"Bishop" includes Archbishop and the Bishop or Archbishop for the time being.
"Church of England" means Church of England in Australia.
"Church trust property" includes all or any part of any real and personal
property which may for the time being be subject to any trust whether by
dedication, consecration, trust instrument, or otherwise, for or for the use,
benefit, or purposes of the Church of England in any diocese, and each such
diocese is referred to as the diocese for which the church trust property in
question is held.
"Corporate trustees" and
"Corporate body of trustees" respectively include corporate bodies of trustees
now or hereafter to be constituted for any diocese under the provisions of the
Church of England Trust Property Incorporation Act 1881 hereby repealed or of
this Act.
"Diocese" includes any diocese now or hereafter to be formed and situated
within New South Wales, or partly within and partly outside New South Wales
and the identity of a diocese shall be deemed not to be affected by the
formation wholly or partly thereout of a new diocese nor by any other
alteration of boundaries or area nor by any change of name.
"Parish" includes any parish or ecclesiastical district now or hereafter to be
formed and situated within New South Wales.
"Parish council" means the body of persons, if any, in which the general
powers of governing the affairs of a parish are for the time being vested
under the provisions of any ordinance of the synod of a diocese.
"Person" includes corporate trustees and a bishop.
"Purposes" includes religious, educational, cemetery, and all other purposes
of the Church of England, whether such purposes are within or beyond the
diocese or the State.
"Standing committee" includes any general governing council of a diocese
created by or under the authority of its synod.
"Synod" includes any synod now or hereafter to be convened or held in
pursuance of the provisions of the Anglican
Church of Australia Constitutions Act 1902 , or any Act amending or taking the
place of the same.
"Trust instrument" includes ordinances of synod and Acts of Parliament, though
not expressly mentioned herein.
"Trustee",
"new trustee", respectively, include corporate trustees and a bishop.