Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsPreamble
WHEREAS Epworth Hospital was founded in 1920 by the Victorian Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia as an integral part of the said Church:
AND WHEREAS The Methodist Church of Australasia pursuant to The Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977 united with the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia to form The Uniting Church in Australia:
AND WHEREAS Epworth Hospital has provided and maintained a Hospital at Erin Street, Richmond in the State of Victoria, which Hospital has provided medical and surgical services and facilities for the community as a whole:
AND WHEREAS it is desirable that there be established a body corporate to be called "Epworth Hospital" as successor to and to acquire the assets held or used for or in connection with Epworth Hospital and to provide the services previously provided by that Hospital:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision as hereinafter enacted:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):
Pt 1 (Heading) inserted by No. 97/1997
s. 4.