Congregational Union Incorporation Act 1885 [Full Act]

Interpretation of the word church.

In this Act the word [church] shall mean the persons for the time being united together in fellowship forming a Christian church of the Congregational or Independent denomination, and called church members; and throughout this Act the said word church refers to the churches severally in different localities who may seek to take advantage of this Act for the purpose of conveying or transferring their lands or buildings to the body corporate hereinafter mentioned.

Church Property Trust Ordinance 1854 (C) [Full Act]

Interpretation

In interpreting this Ordinance the term Bishop shall be held to mean the Bishop of the [Church] of England for the time being of the Diocese in which the Canterbury Settlement may be from time to time included, the term Incumbent shall be held to mean the principal clergyman for the time being officiating under the licence of the said Bishop at or in the principal church, chapel or place used for Divine worship within any parish to be created under this Ordinance, the term parish shall be held to mean a district formed under the authority of this Ordinance for ecclesiastical and educational purposes, the term Trustees shall be held to mean the body of Trustees intended to be constituted by this Ordinance, the term Canterbury Settlement shall be held to include the territory or block of land set apart for the purposes of the said Canterbury Association under the authority of the said referred to Act of Parliament of the 13th and 14th year of her present Majesty, and set forth and described in the Schedule to the said Act, together with all lands comprised within the limits of such block, the term Church shall mean the branch of the Reformed Catholic Church planted in the said Settlement in communion with the Church of England as by law established, the term member of the Church shall mean and include any person who shall have received the Holy Communion according to the rites of the Church at least 3 times in the preceding year.

Church Property Trust Amendment Ordinance 1867 (C) [Full Act]

Interpretation

In interpreting this Ordinance the term Bishop shall be held to mean the Bishop of Christchurch for the time being within the Canterbury Settlement being the same Bishop as is mentioned in the said Ordinance intituled the [Church Property Trust Ordinance, Session II, No. 3]. The term Canterbury Settlement shall be held to include the territory or block of land set apart for the purposes of the Canterbury Association under the authority of an Act of the Imperial Parliament made and passed in the 13th and 14th years of the reign of Her present Majesty intituled An Act empowering the Canterbury Association to dispose of certain lands in New Zealand and set forth and described in the Schedule to the said Act together with all lands comprised within the limits of the said Block. The term Church shall mean the Church as defined by the Church Property Trust Ordinance, Session II, No 3. The term member of the Church shall mean and include any communicant according to the rites of the Church. The term Synod shall mean the Synod of the Diocese of Christchurch organised according to the provisions of a statute intituled A statute for Organising Diocesan Synods and passed by the General Synod of the Church constituted under the provisions of a certain Deed agreed to at a General Conference of Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Church; held at Auckland on the 13th day of June 1857 and revised at the session of the General Synod held at Christchurch in the year of our Lord 1865.

Baptist Union Incorporation Act 1923 [Full Act]

Interpretation

[Church] means the persons for the time being united in Christian fellowship and forming a church of the religious denomination known as Baptists which is for the time being entitled to send representatives or delegates to the conferences of the Union

Spiritualist Church of New Zealand Act 1924 [Full Act]

Definition of the word Church.

In this Act the word [Church] shall mean the persons for the time being united together in fellowship forming a Church of the Spiritualist denomination, and called Church members; and throughout this Act the said word Church refers to the Churches severally in different localities who may seek to take advantage of this Act for the purpose of conveying or transferring their lands or buildings and personal property to the body corporate hereinafter mentioned.