New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FELLOWSHIP OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES (NEW SOUTH WALES) INCORPORATION ACT 1977 - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4 – Transitional provisions

(Section 12)

1

A church that:

(a) was affiliated with The Congregational Union of New South Wales immediately before the appointed day, and

(b) did not resolve to enter into union with the Methodist Church and Presbyterian Church (as respectively defined in the Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977 ) before the appointed day,

2

Clause 1 does not apply to the Hunters Hill Congregational Church.

3

The delegates last appointed to represent affiliated churches (within the meaning of this Act) for the General Assembly of The Congregational Union of New South Wales before the appointed day shall be deemed to be delegates representing those churches for the first General Assembly of the Fellowship.

4

Any 5 members of the Assembly may convene a meeting of the Assembly to be held within 3 months after the appointed day, but nothing in this clause affects clause 5 of Schedule 2.

5

The Assembly may, at the meeting referred to in clause 4:

(a) appoint a chairman, treasurer, registrar and a ministerial and lay secretary,

(b) appoint a committee from among themselves consisting of 8 members (exclusive of the persons appointed under paragraph (a), who shall be members ex officio), and

(c) perform such other functions as appear to the Assembly to be necessary or convenient, as if the meeting were the October meeting of the Assembly.

6

The chairman appointed under clause 5 shall hold office as from his appointment, and shall continue to hold office until a chairman begins to hold office under clause 6 of Schedule 2.

7

The persons appointed under clause 5 (a) and the committee appointed under clause 5 (b) shall be deemed to be holding office as such in accordance with Schedule 2.