Salvation Army Act 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1980 c. xxx |
| Year | 1980 |
Salvation
Army
Act
1980
c. xxx
ELIZABETH H
1980 CHAPTER xxx
An Act to revise and consolidate the constitution of
The Salvation Army; to make further provision
respecting The Salvation Army Trustee Company and
respecting the investment of funds of The Salvation
Army; to repeal or amend certain provisions of the
Salvation Army Acts 1931 to 1968 and to revoke
certain deeds poll relating to The Salvation Army;
and for other purposes. [1st August 1980]
W
HEREAS
in or
about
the
year
1865 the
religious
and
charitable body
now
known
as The
Salvation Army
was established
by
William Booth,
the
founder
and
first
General
of The
Salvation Army,
and its
activities which com-
menced
in the
east
end of
London have since been extended
to
many parts
of
the world:
And whereas
the
constitution
of
The Salvation Army
was
laid
down
in a
deed poll dated
7th
August 1878,
and has
since been
supplemented
and
varied
by
subsequent deeds poll executed
by General William Booth
and
certain
of
his successors
in
office
and by
the
Salvation Army Acts 1931
to 1968:
And whereas
it is
expedient that
the
said constitution
be
further supplemented
and
varied, that
the
said deeds poll
be
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Salvation
Army Act
1980
revoked, certain provisions of the Salvation Army Acts 1931 to
1968 be repealed or amended and the constitution be revised and
consolidated, and that other provisions contained in this Act be
enacted for the clearer operation and understanding of the said
constitution:
And whereas by virtue of the Salvation Army Acts 1931 to
1968 certain properties and funds of The Salvation Army and of
certain trusts associated with The Salvation Army were vested
in or transferred to The Salvation Army Trustee Company
formed pursuant to the said Act of 1931 and it was provided by
that Act that the said properties and funds should be held by the
said company as custodian trustee:
And whereas it is expedient that the said company be authorised
to act as ordinary trustee or managing trustee as well as custodian
trustee and that provision be made for a scheme or schemes to
be established so that property and funds held on behalf of or in
connection with the Army may be administered by the said
company as a common investment fund:
And whereas it is expedient that the other provisions of this
Act be enacted:
And whereas the objects of
this
Act cannot be attained without
the authority of Parliament:
May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted,
and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, as follows:—
1.—(1)
This Act may be cited as the Salvation Army Act
1980.
(2) The Salvation Army Acts 1931 to 1968 and this Act may
be together cited as the Salvation Army Acts 1931 to 1980.
Interpretation. 2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—
" the Army" means the unincorporated association
established by William Booth in or about the year
1865 with the name of the Christian Mission and
subsequently renamed and now known as The Salvation
Army;
" Army trust " means—
(a) any of the trusts specified in Schedule 5 to this
Act; and
(b) any other trust in connection with the Army
or in which the Army is named as interested, the
income whereof is for the time being required to be
devoted wholly to purposes of the Army;
Short and
collective
titles.
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