Methodist Church Act 1911

WHEREAS the Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand is an integral portion of the Methodist Church of Australasia and is governed by an Annual Conference which is itself comprised in and governed by the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia:

AND WHEREAS the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia held at Adelaide in the year One thousand nine hundred and ten unanimously consented to the Constitution of the said Annual Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand as an Independent Conference with the powers mentioned in and in accordance with and upon and subject to a Plan of Independence which is fully set forth in the printed Minutes of the said General Conference but subject to the consent of each of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Church of Australasia namely The New South Wales Conference The Victoria and Tasmania Conference The South Australia Conference The New Zealand Conference The Queensland Conference and The Western Australia Conference and also to the sanction of the Parliament of each of the Australian States and New Zealand:

AND WHEREAS each of the said Annual Conferences has agreed to the Constitution of the said New Zealand Annual Conference as an Independent Conference in accordance with and upon and subject to the Plan aforesaid:

AND WHEREAS in The Victorian Wesleyan Methodist Act 1887 and in the Methodist Union Act 1902 of the State of Victoria (known as and hereinafter referred to as "The Methodist Church Acts") and in "The Wesleyan Methodist Model Deed of Victoria 1887" (as by the said Acts altered and modified) and in the Book entitled "The Laws and Regulations of the Methodist Church of Australasia" referred to in the said Model Deed sometimes and hereinafter called the "Book of Laws" the Methodist Church of Australasia in New Zealand is referred to either expressly or by implication as forming an integral portion of the Methodist Church of Australasia and the said New Zealand Conference is referred to as one of the Conferences comprised in and governed by the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia: