Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944
Western Australia
Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944
Contents
1.Short title2
2.Terms used3
3.Capitalisation or payment of surplus income3
Notes
Compilation table4
Defined terms
Western Australia
Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944
An Act relating to a certain trust fund vested in The Perth Diocesan Trustees and to the disposition of the income derived therefrom.
Preamble 2, 3
Whereas Samuel Evans Burges of Perth in the State of Western Australia, Esquire, died on 25 May 1885, having made and duly executed his last will and testament and a codicil thereto dated respectively 3 October 1883, and 14 July 1884; and probate of the said will and the said codicil was duly granted by the Supreme Court of Western Australia to the executors therein named; and whereas by his said will the said Samuel Evans Burges charged all his real property at York devised to his son Richard Goldsmith Burges with the payment by the said Richard Goldsmith Burges, his heirs and assigns, to the Standing Committee of the Synod of the West Australian Branch of the Church of England for or towards the support of the Church of England clergyman from time to time stationed at York in the said State, of an annual sum of £10 during the life of the said Richard Goldsmith Burges and after the decease of the said Richard Goldsmith Burges with the payment to such Committee for the like purpose, of an annual sum of £20 for ever; and whereas the said Richard Goldsmith Burges died on 25 September 1905 and by an Order of His Honour, Mr. Justice McMillan, made 19 April 1910, pursuant to the provisions of the Redemption of Annuities Act 1909, it was ordered (inter alia) that the cash surrender value of the perpetual charge of the annual sum of £20 aforesaid as created by the abovementioned will of the late Samuel Evans Burges, deceased, over the lands therein charged be fixed at £500 and that on payment of such sum to the Diocesan Trustees of the Church of England in Western Australia within the time fixed in the said Order the said perpetual charge should be discharged and the said lands should thereupon be freed and discharged from the said perpetual charge; and whereas by the said Order it was further ordered that the said Diocesan Trustees should invest the said sum of £500 in the securities mentioned in the said Order and that the income accruing therefrom to the extent of £20 per annum should be applied for the benefit of the Church of England clergyman for the time being stationed at York and that any surplus income over £20 per annum be capitalised with power for the Trustees from time to time to draw thereon to make good any deficiency; and whereas the said sum of £500 was duly paid as directed by the said Order and the said sum of £20 per annum has been regularly paid and the surplus income capitalised, with the result that the annual income from the capital sum is in excess of the amount required to pay the said sum of £20 per annum; and whereas by Act 52 Victoria No. 2 4 it was enacted that all land and other property vested in the Standing Committee of the Synod of the Western Australian Branch of the Church of England should be vested in the corporation to be known as “The Diocesan Trustees of the Church of England in Western Australia for the time being” and by the Church of England Diocesan Trustees and Lands Act 1918 5, it was enacted that the name and style of the corporation constituted by the said Act, 52 Victoria No. 2 4, should thenceforth be “The Perth Diocesan Trustees” and whereas the said The Perth Diocesan Trustees is desirous that it be empowered at its discretion to capitalise the surplus income arising from the said capital sum or to pay such surplus income to the Church of England clergyman for the time being stationed at York:
Be it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —
This Act may be cited as the Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944 1.
[Section 1 amended: No. 74 of 2003 s. 145.]
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
Special Fund means the capital sum with accretions thereof vested in The Perth Diocesan Trustees for or towards the support of the Anglican Church of Australia clergyman from time to time stationed at York pursuant to the provision in that behalf created by the will of Samuel Evans Burges, deceased, mentioned in the Preamble.
Trustees means The Perth Diocesan Trustees.
[Section 2 amended: No. 121 of 1976 s. 7.]
3.Capitalisation or payment of surplus income
The surplus income arising from the special fund remaining in the hands of the Trustees in any year after payment to the Anglican Church of Australia clergyman for the time being stationed at York of the sum of £20 may, at the discretion of the Trustees, be capitalised or paid to the Anglican Church of Australia clergyman for the time being stationed at York.
[Section 3 amended: No. 121 of 1976 s. 7.]
1This reprint is a compilation as at 7 August 2015 of the Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.
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Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
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The Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944 6 |
25 of 1944 (8 and 9 Geo. VI No. 25) |
23 Dec 1944 |
23 Dec 1944 |
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Anglican Church of Australia Act 1976 s. 7 |
121 of 1976 |
1 Dec 1976 |
24 Aug 1981 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 30 Jan 1981 p. 441) |
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Reprint of The Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944 as at 3 May 2002 (includes amendments listed above) |
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Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 145 |
74 of 2003 |
15 Dec 2003 |
15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2) |
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Reprint 2: The Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944 as at 7 Aug 2015 (includes amendments listed above) |
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2The name of the “Church of England” was changed to “Anglican Church of Australia” by the Anglican Church of Australia Act 1976 s. 7. References in the Preamble to “Church of England” have not been changed due to the context.
3References in this Act to the old currency are of historical interest only and so have not been amended under the Decimal Currency Act 1965.
4Now known as the Anglican Church of Australia (Diocesan Trustees) Act 1888.
5Now known as the Anglican Church of Australia (Diocesan Trustees and Lands) Act 1918.
6Now known as the Perth Diocesan Trustees (Special Fund) Act 1944; short title changed (see note under s. 1).
[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)
Special Fund2
Trustees2