26   Synod may direct sales or other dealings

(1)  It shall be lawful for the synod of the diocese for which any church trust property is for the time being held if it shall appear to such synod expedient by reason of circumstances subsequent to the creation of the trusts of such property by ordinance to direct that such property be sold, exchanged, mortgaged, or let on mining, building, occupation, or other leases, or otherwise dealt with in manner provided by such ordinance, and to provide for accepting the surrender of any lease thereof and for laying out and dedicating parts thereof for any purpose or purposes, and to provide for the application of the real and personal property arising from any such sale, exchange, mortgage, letting, or other dealing as aforesaid: Provided that in the cases of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn no such ordinance in respect of property held for the sole benefit of some particular parish shall be assented to under the Anglican Church of Australia Constitutions Act 1902, or any Act amending or taking the place of the same, without the consent in writing of a majority of the members of the parish council (if any) for the time being of the parish, and in the case of property gratuitously granted or assured within twenty years preceding the time being by any private donor without the like consent of such donor if living.

(2)  Despite subsection (1), an ordinance in relation to property held for the sole benefit of some particular parish in the Diocese of Sydney may only be assented to under the Anglican Church of Australia Constitutions Act 1902:

(a)  either:

(i)  with the written consent of a majority of the members of the parish council (if any) for the time being of the parish, or

(ii)  if the ordinance was passed by at least two-thirds of the members of the synod of the Diocese of Sydney present and voting, and

(b)  with the written consent of any living private donor who gratuitously granted or assured the property to the parish within the period of 20 years before the date of assent to the ordinance.