New South Wales Consolidated Acts

UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA ACT 1977 - SECT 23

23 Evidence

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a certificate under the common seal of the Trust to the effect that property therein specified is held by it upon trust for the Church shall, in all circumstances and all proceedings whether civil or criminal, be prima facie evidence that the property so specified is so held.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any dispute concerning property between the Church and the Presbyterian Church continuing to function after the appointed day.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any dispute concerning property between the Church and the Fellowship of Congregational Churches (New South Wales) or between the Church and any church affiliated with the Fellowship of Congregational Churches (New South Wales).

(4) A certificate under the common seal of the Trust to the effect that the estate or interest of persons therein specified in land so specified is an estate or interest vested in the Trust by this Act shall, for the purposes of any application by the Trust to be registered under the Real Property Act 1900 as the proprietor of that estate or interest pursuant to the vesting, be conclusive evidence of the matter so certified.