ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA (DIOCESE OF NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA) ACT 1961 - SECT 3
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA (DIOCESE OF NORTH WEST AUSTRALIA) ACT 1961 - SECT 3
3 . Northern Diocese lands and boundaries
(1) Unless and until
the Synod resolves otherwise —
(a) the
land described in the Schedule shall be deemed to be within the boundaries of
and part of the Northern Diocese and shall, by force of this section, vest in
The Trustees of the Northern Diocese when elected in accordance with the
provisions of section 5 of the Church of England Diocesan Trustees and Lands
Act 1918 3 , without the necessity for any conveyance, transfer or other
assurance of that property;
(b) the
boundaries of the Northern Diocese as they exist from time to time shall be
shown on a map or plan of which one copy shall be lodged by the Bishop of the
Northern Diocese with the Bishop of Perth and a copy thereof shall be retained
by the Bishop of the Northern Diocese and each copy when certified under the
hands of those Bishops in conclusive evidence of the boundaries of the
Northern Diocese as at the date of such certification.
(2) Notwithstanding
any Statute of the Diocese of Perth the first Synod of the Northern Diocese
shall consist of the Bishop of that Northern Diocese together with such
clergymen as are licensed by that Bishop and one layman of the Church of
England 4 elected by each parish or mission district of the Northern Diocese.