Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977

There shall be a trust to be known as The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Tas.).

Subject to this section, the Trust shall consist of – the person holding or acting in the office of the Moderator of the Synod; the person holding or acting in the office of the Secretary of the Synod; the person holding or acting in the office of the Property Officer of the Synod; and five other persons appointed – by the Inaugurating Assembly until the first meeting of the Synod; and thereafter by the Synod at that meeting and at each of its subsequent meetings.

Where – there is no-one holding or acting in any of the offices referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (2); or fewer than 3 persons hold or act in all those offices – the Synod may appoint 6 members of the Trust instead of the number that it may, apart from this subsection, appoint under subsection (2)(d)(ii).

A member of the Trust appointed by – the Inaugurating Assembly, holds office for the period commencing on the day of his appointment and ending at the conclusion of the first meeting of the Synod; or the Synod, holds office for the period commencing immediately after the conclusion of the meeting of the Synod at which he is elected and ending at the conclusion of the next succeeding meeting of the Synod.

On the expiration of his term of office, a person appointed as a member of the Trust is eligible for re-appointment.

The first chairman of the Trust shall be appointed by the Inaugurating Assembly from among the members of the Trust and each subsequent chairman of the Trust shall be appointed by the Synod from among those members.