Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act, but subject to this section and to section 18, where any real or personal property is held by an authorised Trust Board for any religious, charitable, educational, or other purpose in connection with the Anglican Church or any part of it, whether the property was conveyed or given to or vested in the Board before or after the commencement of this Act, the Board shall have the powers set out in Schedule 2, and may exercise those powers in such manner as it thinks fit. Those powers are in addition to any powers in, and may be exercised notwithstanding anything to the contrary in, any Act or instrument creating or relating to the trust; and any such Act or instrument shall be read subject to this subsection.

No land on which there is, or which is held as a future site for, a church, a church hall, a school, a hostel or other building associated with a school, a memorial building or structure, or a burial ground shall by virtue of subsection (1) be sold, exchanged, or mortgaged, or leased for a term (including renewals) of more than 21 years, except with the prior authority in each case of—

In the exercise of its powers an authorised Trust Board may join with, enter into joint ventures with (whether by way of separate incorporation or otherwise), or act in combination or association with any other person, company, corporation, or body of persons in doing any act or thing which it could by itself lawfully do and which in the Board’s opinion will be for the benefit of any trust administered by it.

This section shall apply notwithstanding that the title to the trust property, or to any property in respect of which trust funds are used pursuant to this section, may not be vested in the Board, and notwithstanding any rule of law or practice to the contrary.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act or in any rule of law or practice or in any instrument creating the trust, any trustee (including any authorised Trust Board) may transfer the whole or any part of any trust funds or real or personal property held by the trustee for any religious, educational, or other charitable purpose of or in connection with the Anglican Church or any part of the Church to any authorised Trust Board, to be held by that Board either—

In any case to which subsection (1)(b) applies, the original trustee or his or its successor may at any time by notice in writing revoke the appointment of the custodian trustee.

On receipt of a notice of revocation under subsection (2) the custodian trustee shall forthwith do all such things as are necessary to transfer or revest the trust property into the name of the original trustee or his or its successor.

Where any funds or property are transferred to an authorised Trust Board under section 5(1)(a),—

Where any funds or property are transferred to an authorised Trust Board as custodian trustee under section 5(1)(b), the trustee so transferring—

Every authorised Trust Board is hereby declared to be a leasing authority for the purposes of the Public Bodies Leases Act 1969.

Without prejudice to section 4 of the Public Bodies Leases Act 1969, that Act shall, in its application to a Board, be read subject to section 3(2), so far as it is applicable.

The Governor-General may from time to time by Order in Council, on the advice of the Minister of Justice given at the request of the General Synod, amend Schedule 1 by adding or omitting the name of any Trust Board, or by altering the name of any Board or Trust for the time being specified in that schedule.

An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act, but subject to this section and to section 18, where any land, whether freehold or leasehold, is held by a trustee, not being an authorised Trust Board, for any religious, charitable, educational, or other purpose in connection with the Anglican Church or any part of it, whether the land was conveyed to or vested in the trustee before or after the commencement of this Act, the trustee shall have in respect of the land the powers set out in Schedule 3. Those powers are in addition to any powers in, and may be exercised notwithstanding anything to the contrary in, any Act or instrument creating or relating to the trust; and any such Act or instrument shall be read subject to this subsection.

No such land shall by virtue of subsection (1) be sold, exchanged, or mortgaged, or leased for a term (including renewals) of more than 21 years, except with the prior authority in each case of—

Where the trustee is a leasing authority for the purposes of the Public Bodies Leases Act 1969, that Act shall, without prejudice to section 4 of that Act, be read subject to subsection (2), so far as it is applicable.

This Part shall not apply to any trust property in respect of which, before or after the passing of this Act, a scheme has been approved by the High Court or the Attorney-General under Part 3 or Part 4 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 or an application has been made for such approval and not withdrawn.

Except as provided in subsection (1), the provisions of this Part are in addition to the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, to the intent that a trust may be varied either under this Part or under that Act.

Except as allowed by the provisions of section 16A, if any trust property is held for a charitable purpose within the meaning of Part 3 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, a scheme prepared under this Part shall provide for the application or disposal of that trust property for a purpose of a kind specified in section 11 which is also a charitable purpose, and the trustee in preparing the scheme, and the Chancellor or legal adviser in considering and reporting on it, and the Synod or Council to which it is submitted, shall act in accordance with the rules of law that would be applied by the High Court on an application made to it under Part 3 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 if the scheme were submitted to it under that Act.

In this Part, the expression trust property means any money raised or given, or any real or personal property devised, bequeathed, or given or in respect of which a trust is created, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, and held on behalf of the Anglican Church or any part of it by a trustee for any object or purpose—

whether or not any such trust property has been invested in real or personal property pending its application for that object or purpose.

If in respect of any trust property it becomes or has become impossible or impracticable or inexpedient to carry out the object or purpose of the trust, or the amount available is inadequate to carry it out, or the object or purpose has been effected already, the trustee may by writing prepare or cause to be prepared a scheme for the application or disposal of the trust property for some other object or purpose of a kind specified in section 11.

The scheme shall be submitted—

Every scheme so submitted shall be accompanied by a statement giving full information about the reasons for the proposed application or disposal of the trust property, together with a copy of the trust instrument (if any).

Subject to section 18, on receipt of the scheme the Chancellor or legal adviser to whom it is submitted shall direct the trustee as to the person or persons (if any) who shall be served with notice of the scheme and in what manner (if any) public notice of it shall be given.

Any notice so served or given shall state that any person may, in writing, object to or make representations concerning the scheme to the Chancellor or legal adviser within 60 days after the receipt or publication of the notice, and shall specify an address to which any such objection or representation may be sent.

After considering the scheme and any objections or representations made in respect of it the Chancellor or legal adviser may if he thinks fit remit it to the trustee for consideration of any amendments he may suggest.

Subject to section 15 and section 18, the Chancellor or legal adviser shall report on the scheme with such amendments (if any) as the trustee may accept, and shall submit the report with the scheme and any objections or representations made in respect of it—

Where the scheme relates to trust property that is held for a charitable purpose within the meaning of Part 3 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, the Chancellor or legal adviser shall, before reporting on the scheme, send to the Attorney-General written notice of the scheme, together with copies of the statement and trust instrument referred to in section 12(3).

In making his report the Chancellor or legal adviser shall have regard to any objections that are made by the Attorney-General within 90 days after the receipt of the notice.

If the Attorney-General objects on the ground that the scheme is not one that should be approved by the court under Part 3 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, the scheme shall not be approved under this Part.

Subject to section 15(3), if the scheme is approved by the Synod to which it is submitted or, as the case may require, by the Aotearoa Council or the New Zealand Advisory Council, it shall have effect according to its tenor, notwithstanding the terms of any instrument by which the trust was created.

This section is in addition to and not in substitution for the powers of variation contained elsewhere in this Part, or in Part 3 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1957.

This section applies to land which is trust property and which has been established by General Synod, or by some tribunal authorised by General Synod in that behalf, after due inquiry to have been acquired from Maori for a purpose or purposes narrower or more restrictive than the trusts imposed on that land by Crown Grant or otherwise when the land was vested in the Church or any person on behalf of the Church.

If in respect of any land to which this section applies it becomes or has become impossible or impracticable or inexpedient to carry out the object or purpose of the trust upon that land or by using that land (other than by leasing it), or the amount of land available is inadequate to carry it out, or the object or purpose has been effected already, the trustee may, in accordance with the succeeding provisions of this section, prepare or cause to be prepared a scheme for the application or disposal of the land for some other object or purpose of a kind specified in section 11(b), but not necessarily directly or indirectly associated with or relating to the Church.

Such other object or purpose, if not directly or indirectly associated with or relating to the Church, shall be directly or indirectly associated with or relating to the descendants of the original Maori alienors or the members of the whanau, hapu, or iwi that the original alienors represented, or to those with Maori ancestry from time to time residing on or near the land, or both of those groups.

Such a scheme may provide that section 20 is no longer to apply to the trustee of the land, and may make other provisions for the selection, appointment, and removal of the trustee of the land.

No scheme prepared under this section shall have any effect unless and until it is approved by—

If a scheme is prepared for the approval of the High Court, the following provisions shall apply:

If a scheme is prepared for the approval of the appropriate Synod or (as the case may require) the Aotearoa Council or the New Zealand Advisory Council, the following provisions shall apply:

The trustee of any land to which this section may apply may in its discretion use any part of the trust property held by it on the same trusts as the land in question, or may charge that land as a contribution in whole or in part to the costs of any inquiry made under subsection (2), including the costs of research or otherwise of the trustee and of any other persons reasonably made a party to the inquiry irrespective of the outcome of such inquiry, and to the reasonable costs of the preparation, consideration, and approval of the scheme.

Every trust varied in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed to be a charitable trust for all purposes notwithstanding any other enactment or rule of law to the contrary.

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, or in the terms of any trust, any real or personal property held on trust for the benefit or use of any clergy for the time being of any parish or area may, at the direction of the Synod of the diocese of which that parish or area forms part, be held for the benefit of that parish or area, or transferred or paid to trustees for the benefit of that parish or area.

This section applies to any land that—

Where under this Act the authority of a Synod is required to deal with any such land in a manner to which section 3(2) or section 9(2) applies, no Synod or body authorised by it shall give that authority except after consultation by it with the Aotearoa Council or its Executive Committee or such other body of persons as the Aotearoa Council may authorise, either generally or in any particular case, to act for the purposes of this section.

Where a scheme for a variation of trust is submitted to a Chancellor or designated person under section 12(2), and the scheme affects any land to which this section applies, the Chancellor or designated person—

If in any case there is doubt whether any land is of special significance for the purposes of this section, that question shall be determined by the Synod of the diocese in which the land or, as the case may require, the greater part of the land is situated, or by the Standing Committee of that Synod.

This section shall be read subject to the express terms of the trust.

This section shall not apply to any sale of the freehold reversion in any land to any lessee of that land holding under a perpetually renewable lease.

Any authority required to be given by the General Synod for the purposes of Part 1 or Part 2 may be given either by the General Synod itself or by any body authorised by it in that behalf.

Any authority required to be given by a Diocesan Synod for the purposes of Part 1 or Part 2 may be given either by the Diocesan Synod itself or by its Standing Committee.

Any authority required to be given by the Aotearoa Council for the purposes of Part 1 or Part 2 may be given either by the Council itself or by its Executive Committee.

The General Synod or any board or persons authorised by it under the constitution, canons, or statutes for the time being of the Church shall have the power to appoint and remove trustees of all property held for any religious, charitable, educational, or other purposes in connection with the Anglican Church of New Zealand.

It shall not be incumbent on any purchaser, vendor, mortgagee, lessee, or other person to or with whom any sale, exchange, mortgage, or lease is made under this Act to inquire whether any trustee or authorised Trust Board has authority or power to enter into the transaction, or whether the transaction is consistent with the trusts on which the property is held, or whether any authority required by this Act to be given has been duly given, or otherwise as to the propriety or regularity of the transaction or as to the application of any money received by the trustee or authorised Trust Board on the transaction.

This Act is in addition to and shall be read subject in all respects to any legislation regulating or relating to the trusts of Church lands in the Diocese of Christchurch, or affecting any lands, trusts, or powers heretofore or now vested or hereafter to be vested in the Church Property Trustees of the Diocese of Christchurch.

Nothing in this Act shall in any way make any land or trustee of land in that diocese subject to the control of the General Synod.

The enactments specified in Schedule 4 are hereby repealed.

Without prejudice to the Legislation Act 2019, every reference in any trust instrument or in any other document to the Church of England Trusts Act 1913 shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to this Act.

Notwithstanding the repeal by this section of the Church of England Trusts Act 1913, every body of trustees, and every incorporated Board, referred to in section 9 of that Act shall continue to be a leasing authority for the purposes of the Public Bodies Leases Act 1969.

This Act is hereby declared to be a private Act.