Attachment 3 - Charitable Status Documents

            Constitution of Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia

1.    Preamble
      (a)   Edmund Rice Education Australia is recognised by the Catholic Church as a Public
            Juridic Person. The members of the Public Juridic Person are referred to as the Council.
      (b)   Edmund Rice Education Australia is missioned by the Church to ensure the continuation
            of the Charism of Blessed Edmund Rice in school ministry.
      (c)   Edmund Rice Education Australia carries out its activities in the civil sphere through a
            body corporate known as “Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia” (the
            Association) incorporated under the Roman Catholic Church Communities Lands Act
            1942 (NSW) (the Act).
      (d)   The objects of the Association include the operation and conduct of educational bodies,
            known in Australia as Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice tradition.
      (e)   Under canon law, the Association is governed by the Statutes. The members of Council
            are the canonical stewards of the Association, responsible for ensuring the Association
            acts in accordance with the beliefs, teaching, discipline and canonical laws of the
            Church and that the Association’s property administration is consistent with Canon Law.
      (f)   The Statutes empower the Council to prepare and approve a Constitution for the
            Association. The Council has adopted this Constitution for the Association, establishing
            the Board as the governing body of the Association’s Educational Bodies.

2.    Name of the Association
     The name of the Association is "Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia" (the
     Association).

3.    Definitions and interpretation
      (a)   In this Constitution the following definitions apply:
            ACNC Legislation means the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act
            2012 (Cth) and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (Consequential
            and Transitional) Act 2012 (Cth).
            The Act means the Roman Catholic Church Communities Lands Act 1942 (NSW)
            Association means the statutory corporation called Trustees of Edmund Rice
            Education Australia.
            Board means the persons for the time being constituting the Board of the Association.
            Board Member means a member from time to time of the Board.
            Canon Law means the universal law of the Church in the 1983 Code of Canon Law
            and universal legislation as well as particular and proper law enacted by the competent
            ecclesiastical authority and Canonical has a corresponding meaning.
            Catholic School means a school conducted in accord with the mission of the Church
            and Canon Law.
            Chair means the Board Member holding for the time being the office of Chair of the
            Board.
            Charter means the articulation of the mission of a Catholic School in the Edmund Rice
            tradition.
 Constitution of
 Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia Adopted by TEREA AGM 22 June 2021   Page 4 of 16