Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

appointed day means the day on which this Act commences;

Assembly means the Assembly of the Church referred to in clause 15(e) of the Basis of Union, and includes the Inaugurating Assembly;

Basis of Union means the Basis of Union set forth in Schedule II;

Church means The Uniting Church in Australia;

Congregational Church means the Congregational Union of Australia and the Congregational Unions in each of the States of the Commonwealth, and includes the individual churches that have resolved to enter into union with the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches and any department, society, auxiliary, activity, fund, service, institution, or interest of any such individual church or union;

conveyance includes transfer;

Inaugurating Assembly means the first Assembly of the Church that is convened in accordance with the Basis of Union;

Methodist Church means the Methodist Church of Australasia, and includes any congregation, circuit, department, society, auxiliary, activity, fund, service, institution, or interest of that church, except the Conferences of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga;

Model Deed means the Wesleyan Methodist Model Deed of Tasmania 1888 made in pursuance of the Methodist Churches Acts 1888 to 1929, and includes any duly authorized alteration or modification of that deed;

Presbyterian Church means the Presbyterian Church of Australia comprising, subject to the Presbyterian Church of Australia Act 1971, the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales, the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, the Presbyterian Church of Queensland, the Presbyterian Church of South Australia, the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania, and the Presbyterian Church of Western Australia;

property includes – real and personal property and any estate or interest therein; and the right to receive income;

Synod means the Synod of the Church within this State, being the Synod referred to in clause 15(d) of the Basis of Union;

Trust means The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Tas.) constituted by this Act;

trust property means property vested in, or acquired by, the Trust by or pursuant to this Act;

Uniting Church means the Congregational Church, the Methodist Church, and the Presbyterian Church, except – those Congregational Churches specified in Schedule IV; and those congregations of the Presbyterian Church continuing to function after the appointed day under the Scheme of Union of the 24th day of July 1901, as amended, within the meaning of Part III of the Schedule to the Presbyterian Church of Australia Act 1971.