New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 20 June 2011
| Private Act | 2003 No 1 |
| Date of assent | 5 May 2003 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
Part 2
Church Property Trustees
6 Function of Church Property Trustees
7 Powers of Church Property Trustees
8 Membership of Church Property Trustees
9 Church Property Trustees to comply with ecclesiastical laws
10 Financial records and accounts
11 Members' liabilities and indemnities
12 Protection for persons dealing with Church Property Trustees or appointed trustees
13 Further provisions applying to Church Property Trustees
Part 3
Trusts administered by Church Property Trustees and appointed trustees
14 Church Property Trustees to hold Bishopric estate on trust
17 Church Property Trustees to hold Dean and Chapter estate on trust
21 Local endowments to be administered for benefit of particular parish
22 Administration of glebe land
24 Powers of appointed trustees
25 Manner in which appointed trustees may make contracts
26 Schedule 2 applies to appointed trustees
27 Administration of newly constituted parishes
28 Appointed trustees may transfer property to Church Property Trustees
29 Powers not to be exercised if inconsistent with trust deed
30 Power to apply local endowments to general church purposes in other parts of diocese
Part 4
Funds administered by Church Property Trustees
31 Power to establish investment funds
32 Amalgamated fixed interest fund
33 Transfer of trust funds to investment fund
34 Church Property Trustees to make annual report on investments
35 Donors and testators may exclude trust funds from investment fund
36 Church Property Trustees to maintain reserve fund
37 Investment of reserve fund and authority to lend for certain purposes
39 Trustees to administer closed cemeteries
40 Trustees' powers in respect of certain closed cemeteries
41 Application of income from sites and reserves
42 Power to vary application of income
43 Power to substitute reserve or site
44 Trustees' powers under this Part exercisable despite trusts
45 Trustees to obtain consent of Synod to deal with site or reserve used as cemetery
46 Trustees' powers in respect of burial places in unused or closed cemeteries
47 Discharge of claims in respect of burial places
48 Purchaser not required to inquire whether certain payments have been made
49 Trustees may establish fund to maintain used parts of cemeteries
50 Provisions of sections 11 and 12 apply to trustees
Part 6
Miscellaneous provisions
51 Power of Church Property Trustees to act together with other persons
52 Variation of trusts under Anglican Church Trusts Act 1981
Schedule 1
Powers of the Church Property Trustees
Schedule 2
Further provisions applying in respect of the Church Property Trustees
(1) There is real and personal property in New Zealand held on trusts relating to the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch:
(2) The powers of the trustees (including the Church Property Trustees) in relation to the investment of the property are limited by the statutes and instruments creating the trusts:
(3) It is desirable to—
(a) consolidate and amend the enactments relating to the trustees; and
(b) widen the trustees' powers of investment; and
(c) apply the variation of trusts provisions in the Anglican Church Trusts Act 1981 to trusts under this Act:
(4) The objects of this Act cannot be achieved without legislation.
