Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) There shall be a
standing committee representing the Cathedral Chapter and the Diocesan Council
to be known as “The Cathedral Square Foundation”.
(2) The Foundation
shall consist of —
(a) the
Archbishop or his commissary appointed pursuant to the Perth Archbishopric
Statute of the Church as amended from time to time or pursuant to any Church
statutory replacement therefor;
(b) the
Dean for the time being or the person for the time being fulfilling the office
of the Dean; and
(c) 4
Laymen, 2 appointed by the Cathedral Chapter and 2 appointed by the
Diocesan Council.
(3) The Cathedral
Chapter and the Diocesan Council shall respectively appoint a deputy for each
of the Laymen appointed by them to the Foundation, to act at a meeting in the
place of the Layman for whom he is a deputy if for any reason the Layman is
absent therefrom.
(4) The first
appointment of Laymen and their deputies shall be made not more than
2 months after the coming into operation of this section 1 .
(5) The Laymen and
their deputies shall be appointed for a term of 3 years and shall be
eligible for re-appointment.
(6) If a Layman or a
deputy dies or resigns his office as member or deputy of a member of the
Foundation, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the same body as
appointed the Layman or deputy and the person filling the vacancy shall hold
office for the remainder of his predecessor’s term.
(7) The Foundation
shall hold such meetings as are necessary for the exercise of its functions
and duties.
(8) At a meeting of
the Foundation —
(a) not
less than 5 members thereof, including, where the case requires, deputies,
forms a quorum;
(b) a
question arising at the meeting shall be determined by a majority of the valid
votes of the members, including, where the case requires, deputies, present;
and
(c) the
Archbishop or his commissary shall have a deliberative and a casting vote.
(9) No act or thing
done by the Foundation is invalidated, prejudiced, or affected by reason of
any vacancy in the membership thereof as long as a quorum remains.
(10) Subject to this
section, the Foundation may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks
fit.
(11) The functions and
duties of the Foundation shall be —
(a) to
give advice to the Trustees on the matters referred to in
section 3A(3)(a).
(b) to
make such determinations as the Foundation thinks fit of the distributions to
be made by the Trustees under section 3A(3)(b) towards the needs of any
one or more of the Cathedral, the Diocese, and the Province, and to direct the
Trustees to make the distributions accordingly;
(c) to
make recommendations to the Trustees with respect to the development of
Cathedral Square; and
(d) to
report half-yearly to the Cathedral Chapter and the Diocesan Council in
relation thereto.
(12) Determinations
and directions of the Foundation under subsection (11)(b) are binding on
the Trustees but advice and recommendations of the Foundation under
paragraphs (a) and (c) thereof are not so binding.
[Section 3B inserted by No. 55 of 1973
s. 3.]