New South Wales Consolidated Acts

METHODIST CHURCH OF SAMOA IN AUSTRALIA PROPERTY TRUST ACT 1998 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:

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

"Australian Synod" means the district synod within Australia of the Methodist Church of Samoa.

"Board" means the Board of Trustees referred to in section 4.

"by-laws" means the by-laws of the Trust.

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Australian Synod.

"Church" means the part of the Methodist Church of Samoa within Australia.

"conveyance" includes transfer, assignment and assurance.

"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.

"function" includes a power, authority or duty.

"Trust" means the Methodist Church of Samoa in Australia Property Trust constituted by this Act.

"trust property" means property held by the Trust.

(2) It is the intention of Parliament that the provisions of this Act relating to property, including the vesting of property in the Trust, should apply, as far as possible, to property situated outside New South Wales.