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Brendon Burns

Methodist Church of New Zealand Trusts Bill

Private Bill

29—2

As reported from the Finance and Expenditure Committee

Contents

Preamble

Part 1
Preliminary provisions

4 Interpretation

Part 2
Variation of Church trusts

5 Meaning of trust property

6 Part additional to provisions of Charitable Trusts Act 1957

7 Scheme for application or disposal of trust property

8 Preparation of scheme for application or disposal of charitable trust property

9 Submission of scheme to committee or legal adviser

10 Statement giving full information

11 Notice of scheme

12 Notice to Attorney-General of scheme prepared under this Part

13 Committee or legal adviser must provide copies of objections and representations

14 Committee or legal adviser must have regard to objections and representations by Attorney-General

15 Consideration by committee or legal adviser of scheme and any objections or representations

16 Conference may approve scheme

Part 3
Trusts for orphanages and children’s homes

18 Orphanage or children’s trusts

19 Power to transfer trust funds and trust properties

19A Appointment and removal of trustees

20 Power to act together with other persons

Part 4
Miscellaneous provisions

~~21 Appointment and removal of trustees~~

22 Protection of purchasers and others

23 Costs and charges

Legislative history

Preamble
(1) The Methodist Church of New Zealand holds real and personal property on trust for—
- (a) objects or purposes directly or indirectly associated with or relating to the Methodist Church; or
- (b) furthering social services, hospital or residential care, or educational needs directly or indirectly associated with the Methodist Church:
(2) The Methodist Church of New Zealand also holds trust funds for—
- (a) the purposes of Methodist orphanages or Methodist children’s homes in New Zealand; and
- (b) the care, welfare, or benefit of persons being cared for, or formerly cared for, in those orphanages or children’s homes:
(3) The Methodist Church of New Zealand wishes—
- (a) to have an alternative process, to that under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, to vary the trusts referred to in paragraph (1); and
- (b) to have the objects or purposes of the trusts referred to in paragraph (2) widened to take account of changes in policy and law relating to the care of children and young persons:
(4) The objects of this Act cannot be achieved without legislation:

The Parliament of New Zealand therefore enacts as follows: