Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated ActsPreamble
Whereas by the Ordinance made and passed by the Legislative Council in the 22
nd year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, and numbered 4 2 , it was
enacted that all estate, right and title, legal and equitable, in and to all
churches, buildings, convents, monasteries, lands and premises in the said
Colony belonging to, and used in connection with the Roman Catholic Church,
and then vested in any person or persons whomsoever as a trustee or trustees,
should from and after the passing of that Ordinance and by virtue thereof, and
without the necessity of any formal deed of assurance, be divested from such
person or persons and vest absolutely and indefeasibly in the Roman Catholic
Bishop for the time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of the
Roman Catholic Church in the said Colony and his successors in the said office
upon the trusts mentioned and contained in the several deeds or other
assurances in the law granting and conveying such churches, buildings,
convents, monasteries, lands and premises to such person or persons as a
trustee or trustees as aforesaid.
And that the estate in all lands and premises which should be thereafter
granted and conveyed by any person or persons for Roman Catholic Church
purposes should be vested by deed or other proper assurance in the Roman
Catholic Bishop for the time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of
the said Roman Catholic Church in the said Colony, and his successors, under
and subject to such trusts as might be imposed by the donors and grantors
thereof as conditions of their grant.
And whereas the Right Reverend Matthew Gibney is at present the holder of the
said office, and is desirous of improving and turning to better account
certain of the said lands vested in him as such Bishop as aforesaid, and for
such purposes of obtaining the powers and authorities hereinafter mentioned.
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’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: —