Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Unless the contrary intention appears in the will, deed or other instrument, a reference in a will, deed or other instrument to a gift or disposition of property to:
(a) a diocese, the bishop of a diocese or the Catholic Church in a diocese in respect of which a property trust has been established – shall be read as a reference to a gift or disposition, as the case may be, to that property trust; or
(b) a parish, the parish priest of a parish or the Catholic Church in a parish in respect of which a property trust has been established – shall be read as a reference to a gift or disposition, as the case may be, to that property trust.
(2) Where, by a will, deed or other instrument, it appears that there is an intention on the part of the person making a gift or disposition to give or otherwise dispose of property to or for the benefit of the Catholic Church, a Catholic work or a Catholic person, institution or association and the gift or disposition cannot otherwise take full effect, it shall have effect, to the extent that it would not otherwise have effect, as a gift or disposition, as the case may be, to the property trust established in respect of the Diocese of Darwin.