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ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHURCH ASSEMBLY ACT 1903 (WANGARATTA DIOCESE)

Act No. 3, 1903

AN ACT

TO ACCEPT CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT No. 1, 1901
OF THE CHURCH ASSEMBLY OF THE DIOCESE OF MELBOURNE


WHEREAS it is desirable that the Bishop the Clergy and the Laity of the Church of England within the Diocese of Wangaratta in Victoria shall accept certain provisions of the New Dioceses Act 1901 of the Diocese of Melbourne save as to certain Acts the applicability of which is doubtful but which for further certainty it is desirable to repeal.

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Bishop the Clergy and the Laity of the Church of England within the Diocese of Wangaratta in Victoria duly met in Assembly according to Law as follows:-

Title

1. This Act may be cited as "The Melbourne Church Assembly Acts Acceptance Act."

Melbourne Assembly Acts apply

2. All Acts of the Church Assembly which were in force in the Diocese of Melbourne at the time of the installation of the first Bishop of Wangaratta (save insofar as the same may have been heretofore repealed or altered by the Church Assembly of this Diocese and except the Acts mentioned in the next succeeding section hereof) shall "mutatis mutandis" be binding upon the Bishop the Clergy and the Laity of this Diocese so far as the same may be applicable or be capable of being carried out until the same shall be revoked or altered by any Assembly duly convened according to law.

Repeal

3. The Act of the Church Assembly of the Diocese of Melbourne known as the Province and Metropolitan Act No. 1, 1874 and the Act to suspend the operation of the said Act for a certain period No. 3, 1875 shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

Passed: 19th August 1903
Assented to: 20th August 1903