New South Wales: The Great Synagogue, Sydney (Amendment) Act 1953 (NSW)

THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE, SYDNEY (AMENDMENT) ACT. An Act to amend The Great Synagogue, Sydney, Biizabotp 11. Act, 1931, in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 22nd December, 1953.1] W/BEREAS under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament of the State of New South Wales passed in the year One thousand nine hundred and thirty one and intituled ''The Great Synagogue, Sydney, Act, 1931,'' the members of a then unincorporated association known as The Great Synagogue, Sydney were constituted into a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal AND WHEREAS under that Act the body corporate was provided with certain objects and was empowered to do certain things AND WHEREAS by reason of the wording of the Act certain doubts have arisen as to whether land owned by the said Synagogue is liable to the imposition of Municipal and other Rates and liand Tax and as to whether the Synagogue has power to acquire property subject to conditions and to carry out the requirements of any such conditions AND WHEREAS certain doubts have also arisen as to whether the Synagogue has power to carry out certain charitable activities and to make donations to organisa- tions established for the cducation and training of persons in the principles and practices of the Jewish Faith and to make donations to public charitable institutions AND WHEREAS certain gifts devises and bequests to the Synagogue may be invalidated by the operation of the rule of law relating to perpetuities AND WHEREAS it is considered expedient to ensure that land owned by the Synagogue is freed from liability to the imposition of the said rates and taxes and to resolve the said doubts as to the powers of the Synagogue and as to the validity of certain gifts devises and bequests to the Elizabeth II. Short-title and citation. Amendment of The Great Synagogue, Sydney, Act, 1981. Sec. 4. (Vesting of property on which present Synagogue is erected.) See. 5. (Vesting of other property.) Sec. 6. (Power to purchase mortgage, &e.) Sec. 6a. (Appliea- tion of rule relating to perpetui- ties.) The Great Synagogue, Sydney (Amendment) Act. the Synagogue: BEIT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice 'and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— 1. (1) This Act may be cited as ''The Great Synagogue, Sydney (Amendment) Act, 1953"'. (2) The Great Synagogue, Sydney, Act, 1931, as amended by this Act, may be cited as ''The Great Syna- gogue, Sydney, Act, 1931-1953"'. 2. The Great Synagogue, Sydney, Act, 1931, is amended— (a) by omitting from subsection (a) of section four the word and symbols ''clause (c)'' and by inserting in lien thereof the words and symbols 'clauses (c), (d) and (e)''; (b) by omitting from section five the word and symbols ''and (c)'' and by inserting in lieu thereof the word and symbols ''(c), (d) and (c) by inserting next after clause (b) of section six the following new clause :— (b1) where the Board of Management is of the opinion that it is in the interest or for the benefit of the body corporate and in furtherance of the objects thereof so to do, acquire by gift bequest or devise any property and agree to and carry out the conditions of any such gift, bequest or devise; (d) by inserting next after section six the following new section :— Ga. The rule of law relating to perpetuities shall not apply to any condition of a gift, bequest or devise to which the body corporate has agreed. (e) The Great Synagogue, Sydney (Amendment) Act. 271 (e) (i) by omitting from clause (c) of section ten Eltabeth( I. the words ''the carrying on of any philan- gee, 10. thropies''; (Objects of the body (ii) by inserting at the end of the same section ©orporate.) the following new clauses :— (d) to perform and carry out such charitable activities as to the Board of Management may seem desirable or expedient; (e) to make donations to or for the purposes of— (i) any organization established for the education and train- " ing of persons in the princi- ples and practices of the Jewish Faith; (ii) any public charitable institu- tion.