New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BAPTIST CHURCHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES PROPERTY TRUST ACT 1984 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"appointed day" means the day appointed and notified pursuant to section 2 (2).
"Assembly" means an Assembly constituted under the by-laws.
"Baptist Church" means a congregation affiliated with the Baptist Union.
"Baptist Union" means The Baptist Union of New South Wales as constituted by and under the provisions of the Incorporation Act.
"by-laws" means by-laws of the Baptist Union made under the Incorporation Act.
"congregation" means all of the persons:

(a) whose names appear as church members in the roll or register of any association or society,

(b) who hold as their general tenets the doctrines set forth in Schedule A to the Incorporation Act, and

(c) who are in the habit of meeting together for the public worship of God in any church or other building,

and each of those persons shall be deemed to be a member of the congregation consisting of all of those persons.
"District Association" means an association of Baptist Churches recognised as such by the Baptist Union in accordance with the by- laws.
"Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the Baptist Union.
"functions" includes powers, authorities and duties.
"Incorporation Act" means the Baptist Union Incorporation Act 1919 .
"property" includes real and personal property and any estate or interest therein.
"Trust" means the Baptist Churches of New South Wales Property Trust constituted by this Act.
"trust property" means property vested in the Trust by or pursuant to this Act.

(2) A reference in this Act to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(3) This Act shall not affect the operation of the Saint Andrew’s Cathedral Site Agreements and Central Baptist Church Act 1936 .