New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AUSTRALIA CONSOLIDATED TRUST ACT 1994 - SECT 9

9 Conduct of meeting when office of Archbishop is vacant

(1) If the office of Archbishop is vacant His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul) may nominate a person for the purpose of attending and voting at meetings of the Trust.

(2) The person may, but need not, be a trustee.

(3) If a person is so nominated, a reference to the Archbishop in section 6 is a reference to the nominee, until such time as the office of Archbishop is no longer vacant.

(4) If no person is nominated under this section, a reference to the Archbishop in section 6 is a reference to the most senior Assistant Bishop, until such time as the office of Archbishop is no longer vacant. Seniority is determined by the date of ordination of the person as Bishop.