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ANGLICAN WELFARE AGENCY ACT 1997 - SECT 12

Gifts, trusts etc for certain purposes

    (1)     If, before or after the commencement of this Part—

        (a)     a gift, disposition or trust of property has been or is made or declared or is deemed to have been made or declared; or

        (b)     a trust fund has been or is created—

(whether by deed, will or otherwise) to, in favour of, for the use of, or for the purposes of, a named program and has taken effect before that commencement or may take effect or be applied on or after that commencement—

        (c)     in the case of a gift, disposition or trust of property, it does not fail only because of those purposes or this Act but has effect as if made or declared to or in favour of the Agency for a purpose of the Agency that corresponds with, or is similar to, the purposes for which it was made or declared; and

        (d)     in the case of a trust fund, it does not fail only because of those purposes or this Act but may be applied to or in favour of the Agency for a purpose of the Agency that corresponds with, or is similar to, the purposes for which the fund was created.

    (2)     In this section, "named program" means—

        (a)     the Darling Babies Home; or

        (b)     the Church of England Homes for Children, Brighton; or

        (c)     a program or service of an unincorporated body, or of a predecessor of an unincorporated body, that was carried on or provided for charitable welfare purposes before the commencement of this Part.



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