Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Epworth Foundation Act 1980 - SECT 21A

Donations, gifts and trusts

21A. Donations, gifts and trusts

If-

   (a)  before, on or after the commencement of section 16 of the Epworth
        Hospital (Amendment) Act 1997-

   (i)  a gift, disposition or trust of property has been or is made or
        declared or is deemed to have been made or declared; or

   (ii) a trust fund has been or is created- (whether by deed, will or
        otherwise) to, or in favour of, for the use of, or for the purposes of
        the Epworth Hospital or the Erin Street hospital or the Foundation;
        and

   (b)  the gift, disposition or trust of property takes effect, or may take
        effect, or the trust fund may be applied, on or after that
        commencement-

the gift, disposition, trust or trust fund does not fail only because of the
provisions of this Act but on or after that commencement-

   (c)  in the case of a gift, disposition or trust, takes effect as if made
        or declared to or in favour of the Foundation for a purpose of the
        Foundation that corresponds with, or is similar to, the purpose for
        which the gift, disposition or trust was made or declared; and

   (d)  in the case of a trust fund, may be applied as if created to or in
        favour of the Foundation for a purpose of the Foundation that
        corresponds with, or is similar to, the purpose for which the fund was
        created.