New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH (NSW) PROPERTY TRUST ACT 1990 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act--

"appointed day" means the day on which section 4 commences.

"Board" means the Board referred to in section 4A.

"Church" means the Coptic Orthodox Churches, Diocese of Sydney and Affiliated Regions, a part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, a hierarchical Christian body whose leader, overseer and shepherd is the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and includes any Church entity.

"Church entity" means a body, corporate or unincorporate, established by the Church after the appointed day which--

(a) has objectives not inconsistent with those of the Church as set out in the constitution, and

(b) is certified in writing by the Trust to be a Church entity for the purposes of this Act.

"Company" means the company limited by guarantee, incorporated in New South Wales under the name Coptic Orthodox Church, Diocese of Australia, Parish of New South Wales (Holdings) Limited.

"constitution" means--

(a) the constitution of the Church adopted on 11 September 2022 by Pope Tawadros II, as amended from time to time, or

(b) a document approved by the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark to replace the constitution referred to in paragraph (a).

"conveyance" includes transfer, assignment and assurance.

"Diocesan Trustee" means a person appointed or elected, from time to time, as a Diocesan Trustee under the constitution.

"Trust" means the Coptic Orthodox Church (NSW) Property Trust constituted by this Act.

"trust property" means property vested in or acquired by the Trust.

(2) In this Act--

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.