Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925

 

Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925

Contents

1.Short title1

2.Interpretation1

3.Certain property vested in Bishop of Geraldton1

4.Bishop of Geraldton to be a corporation sole2

5.Power to mortgage2

6.Purchasers, etc., protected from certain irregularities2

7.Land titles, registration and fees3

Schedule — Land vested in Bishop of Geraldton

Notes

Compilation table5

Defined terms

 

Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925

An Act to vest in the Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton land and other property belonging to the Diocese of Geraldton, and for other relative purposes.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 1.

2.Interpretation

In this Act the word Property includes property of every kind whatsoever, both legal and equitable, real and personal, and choses in action.

3.Certain property vested in Bishop of Geraldton

The lands comprised in the instruments of title set out in the schedule hereto, and all other property now or hereafter belonging to the Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church known as the Diocese of Geraldton, or vested in any person as trustee on account of the said Church in the said Diocese (including all lands the property of such Church standing in the name of the late William Bernard Kelly, the late Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton, or in the name of Richard Ryan, the present Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton), shall, by virtue hereof, vest absolutely in the Roman Catholic Bishop for the time being of the said Diocese, and his successors in office, subject to all trusts and dispositions respectively affecting the same.

4.Bishop of Geraldton to be a corporation sole

For the purposes of this Act the said Bishop for the time being shall be a corporation sole, by the name of “The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton,” with perpetual succession and a common seal, and by and in that name may sue and be sued, and shall have power to purchase, take, and hold property, and (subject to the trusts and dispositions aforesaid) to sell, mortgage, lease, or dispose of any property hereby vested, and may, in respect of any real or leasehold property vested, exercise all powers conferred on the Bishop for the time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of the Roman Catholic Church of Western Australia, and his successors in office, by the Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895.

5.Power to mortgage

In addition to the powers of mortgaging contained in the said Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895, it shall be lawful for the said the Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton to mortgage any lands for the time being vested in him, for the purpose of raising moneys to pay and discharge debts now or which may hereafter be incurred, and which are now or may hereafter be secured by mortgages on such lands, or any of them, and for the purpose of raising moneys for the purchase of any lands, and for any other purpose or purposes whatsoever that the said Bishop may deem necessary from time to time.

6.Purchasers, etc., protected from certain irregularities

Nothing in this Act, or in the Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895, contained shall be deemed or construed to make it necessary for any purchaser, mortgagee, or lessee to inquire whether any power of sale, mortgage, or lease was duly and regularly made or exercised, or in anywise to see to the application of any moneys raised under the authority of this Act, or to inquire into the necessity, regularity, or propriety of any such sale, mortgage, or lease, or be affected by notice that the same is or are irregular, unnecessary, or improper, or by notice of any trusts or equities affecting the said lands or any of them.

7.Land titles, registration and fees

The vesting of any land by this Act in “The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton” shall be registered and noted under the Transfer of Land Act 1893 or the Registration of Deeds Act 1856, as the case may require, and on the document of title to such land, free of charge.

[Section 7 amended: No. 60 of 2006 s. 155.]

 

Schedule — Land vested in Bishop of Geraldton

[s. 3]

[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 31.]

Certificates of title — 

Volume 2

Folio 225 

Volume 88

Folio 127 

Volume 349

Folio 39 

Voulume 2

Folio 98 

Volume 99

Folio 36 

Volume 387

Folio 75 

Volume 3

Folio 146 

Volume 99

Folio 42 

Volume 422

Folio 156

Volume 4

Folio 241

Volume 99

Folio 43

Volume 445

Folio 129

Volume 22

Folio 358 

Volume 117

Folio 180

Volume 447

Folio 127

Volume 22

Folio 359 

Volume 118

Folio 113 

Volume 447

Folio 149

Volume 22

Folio 362 

Volume 119

Folio 98 

Volume 448

Folio 41

Volume 23

Folio 2

Volume 130

Folio 119 

Volume 448

Folio 43

Volume 27

Folio 246 

Volume 173

Folio 30 

Volume 448

Folio 44

Volume 28

Folio 331

Volume 176

Folio 50

Volume 448

Folio 53

Volume 33

Folio 286 

Volume 179

Folio 126 

Volume 481

Folio 71

Volume 33

Folio 287

Volume 182

Folio 101 

Volume 482

Folio 191

Volume 33

Folio 288 

Volume 182

Folio 102 

Volume 490

Folio 71

Volume 34

Folio 32 

Volume 182

Folio 95 

Volume 502

Folio 137

Volume 34

Folio 31

Volume 216

Folio 100

Volume 510

Folio 171

Volume 34

Folio 33 

Volume 228

Folio 95

Volume 510

Folio 146

Volume 34

Folio 34

Volume 247

Folio 168

Volume 527

Folio 199

Volume 34

Folio 29

Volume 249

Folio 8

Volume 535

Folio 20

Volume 34

Folio l30 

Volume 278

Folio 49 

Volume 560

Folio 54

Volume 34

Folio 38

Volume 280

Folio 112

Volume 616

Folio 87

Volume 34

Folio 111

Volume 291

Folio 70 

Volume 617

Folio 53

Volume 34

Folio 112

Volume 297

Folio 90

Volume 680

Folio 190

Volume 34

Folio 113

Volume 298

Folio 3

Volume 775

Folio 14

Volume 34

Folio 107

Volume 299

Folio 92

 

 

Crown Leases — Numbers 1493/1910, 4918/1914, 252/1919, 253/1919, 254/1919, 255/1919, 256/1919, and Special Lease number 354/42.

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 3. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925

9 of 1925

24 Sep 1925

24 Sep 1925

Reprint 1 of the Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 as at 7 February 2003

Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 155

60 of 2006

16 Nov 2006

1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 31

19 of 2010

28 Jun 2010

11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

2Footnote no longer applicable.

3Other relevant Acts:

Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895

Roman Catholic Church Lands Amendment Act 1902.

 

 

Defined terms

 

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined termProvision(s)

Property2