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WHEREAS the Presbyterian Church of Victoria the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales the Presbyterian Church of Queensland the Presbyterian Church of South Australia the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania and the Presbyterian Church of Western Australia have resolved or may hereafter resolve to unite and form one Presbyterian Church to be called the Presbyterian Church of Australia upon the terms contained in the scheme of union set forth in the Schedule to this Act:
AND WHEREAS by an Act of the Parliament of Victoria passed in the twenty-second year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria numbered 82 as amended by Act No. 321 it was provided that certain properties of the said church should be held in the manner in the said Acts provided:
AND WHEREAS many other properties are held by or on behalf of or in connexion with the said church and by congregations or bodies connected therewith:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said union should be effected upon the terms contained in the said scheme of union:
AND WHEREAS the assent of the Parliament of Victoria is necessary to effect this object:
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):