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| Private Act | 1962 No 4 |
| Date of assent | 7 December 1962 |
This title of this Act was substituted, as from 15 November 1968, by section 2(1) Anglican Children's Trust Amendment Act 1968 (1968 No 4(P)). The previous title was the Church of England Children's Trust Act 1962.
The title of this Act was further substituted, as from 3 October 1975, by section 2(1) Anglican Trust for Women and Children Amendment Act 1975 (1975 No 3(P)). The previous title was the Anglican Children's Trust Act 1962.
An Act to declare the trusts upon which certain real and personal property is now held by The Orphan Home Trust Board, a Trust Board incorporated under the provisions of the Religious, Charitable, and Educational Trust Boards Incorporation Act 1884 and having its office at Shortland Street in the City of Auckland (hereinafter referred to as the Board), and to declare the trusts upon which real and personal property hereafter vested in or acquired by the Board is to be held, and to confer certain necessary powers upon the Board, and to provide a constitution and rules for the Board, and to provide for other incidental matters to facilitate the management and administration of such real and personal property vested in or acquired by the Board, and to validate a change of name of the Board
WHEREAS, in or about the year 1860, an orphanage was established in the City of Auckland by certain persons being members of the Church of England for the care of orphans and destitute children: And whereas the members for the time being of the Board of such orphanage caused themselves to be incorporated on the tenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, under the name of The Orphan Home Trust Board under the provisions of the Religious, Charitable, and Educational Trust Boards Incorporation Act 1884, and such incorporation was duly recorded in the Supreme Court of New Zealand at Auckland on the tenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight aforesaid: And whereas the incorporation of the Board was not, as far as can be ascertained by search and inquiry, preceded by the execution of a declaration of trust specifically declaring the trusts, powers, and authorities of the incorporating trustees or of the Board, and there do not exist, so far as diligent search and inquiry can ascertain, any declared trusts regarding the lands and other assets vested in the Board on its incorporation, or any declared trusts in respect of the greater portion of the lands and other assets acquired by and vested in the Board subsequently to its incorporation: And whereas, since such incorporation, extensive funds and properties both real and personal have been placed at the disposal of the Board and have been employed by it in furtherance of its work and in the purchase of properties for use in such work, or invested for the purpose of providing funds for such work: And whereas, in view of the inability to locate or discover any declaration of trust declaring the trusts upon which the Board now holds the real and personal property vested in it and the trusts upon which property real and personal subsequently acquired by or vested in the Board is to be held, it is desirable that the said trusts be declared, that certain necessary provisions be made for the constitution of the Board, that appointment of the existing members of the Board be confirmed, that provision be made for the appointment of successive members, that certain essential and necessary powers be conferred upon the Board, and that other administrative matters be defined: And whereas the name The Orphan Home Trust Board is not now a suitable name for the Board in that the work of the Board is not and has not for some years been confined to the control of a single institution for the care of orphans, but embraces the control of several institutions and considerable welfare and charitable work apart from such institutions among destitute or needy children who for the most part are not orphans: And whereas the Board has, by resolution of a duly constituted meeting, resolved to change the name of the said Board to Church of England Children's Trust and it is accordingly desirable to make provision to remove any doubt that may arise as to the validity of such change of name and to facilitate dealings with the assets of the Board under its new name:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
