New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (NSW) PROPERTY TRUST ACT 1991 - SECT 4

4 Constitution of the Trust as a corporation

(1) There is constituted by this Act a corporation under the corporate name of the Russian Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust.

(2) The Trust is to have a Board comprising the members for the time being of the Diocesan Council. The Board is to conduct the affairs of the Trust, and anything done in the name of or on behalf of the Trust by or with the authority of the Board is taken to have been done by the Trust.

(3) The secretary for the time being of the Diocesan Council is to be the secretary of the Trust.

(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Board is 7 members including the Ruling Bishop.

(5) A decision supported by a majority of the votes (one of that majority being the vote of the Ruling Bishop) cast at a meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present is the decision of the Board.

(6) The Board may, if it thinks fit, transact any of its business at a meeting at which members (or some members) participate by telephone, closed-circuit television or other means, but only if any member who speaks on a matter before the meeting can be heard by the other members. A member who participates in a meeting in that way is taken to be present at the meeting.