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THE PROPERTY HANDBOOK<br />
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PROPERTY TRUSTEES<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trustees are a group <strong>of</strong> up to 20 people who administer the property and financial<br />
assets <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong>.<br />
You can find who the Trustees are by contacting the Secretary to the Trustees.<br />
In addition to their general accountabilities as Trustees, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong><br />
<strong>Property</strong> Trustees are required to keep the rules set out in Acts <strong>of</strong> Parliament which are<br />
specific to <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> property. <strong>The</strong>se Acts are listed below. <strong>The</strong> Trustees are<br />
also guided by decisions made at General Assembly.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trustees are:<br />
• appointed by the General Assembly<br />
• must be members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong><br />
• must be <strong>of</strong> ‘full age and good fame’<br />
• must be resident in New Zealand.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Trustees are usually appointed because <strong>of</strong> their skills and experience. As <strong>The</strong><br />
Trustees meet <strong>of</strong>ten, most live in the wider Wellington region.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Acts <strong>of</strong> Parliament under which <strong>The</strong> Trustees work:<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Act 1885<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Amendment Act 1914<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Amendment Act 1930<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Trustees Empowering Act 1957<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Amendment Act 1963<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Amendment Act 1970<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Amendment Act 1974<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Amendment Act 1996<br />
Other <strong>Church</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Acts <strong>of</strong> interest are:<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Presbyterian</strong> <strong>Church</strong> <strong>of</strong> New Zealand Act 1901<br />
<strong>The</strong> Otago <strong>Church</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>Property</strong> Act 1962<br />
<strong>The</strong> Otago Foundation Trust Board Amendment Act 1968<br />
<strong>The</strong> Otago Foundation Trust Board Act 1992
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