Attachment 3 - Charitable Status Documents

            Oceania Province means the province known as Oceania Province of the Religious
            Institute and includes any civil law constituted entity for the purposes of conducting the
            business of the province.
            President means the person holding for the time being the office of President of the
            Association.
            Principal Purpose means the purpose set out at clause 4.1.
            Renewal means the statement which defines and guides the process for authentication
            of a school as a Catholic School in the Edmund Rice tradition.
            Rule means a rule of this Constitution.
            School means an Educational Body providing education to individuals of compulsory
            school age or older during normal school hours.
            Statutes means the canonical statutes under Canon Law for EREA.
            Strategic Plan means the document establishing, from time to time, the intended
            strategic directions of the Association having regard to its capabilities, its strengths, its
            challenges, its opportunities and the risks that may occur in the effective and efficient
            operation of the Association and which includes the Financial Plan.
            Tax Act means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 as amended and any statutory
            modification or re-enactment of it.
            Treasurer means the Councillor holding for the time being the office of Treasurer of the
            Association.
      (b)   Unless the context otherwise indicates words importing the singular shall include the
            plural and vice versa, words importing a gender shall include other genders and vice
            versa and references to a person shall be construed as including reference to an
            individual, firm, body corporate or unincorporated association (whether incorporated or
            not), trust, government, and statutory authority or agency.
      (c)   Any reference to legislation is a reference to that Act as modified or amended from time
            to time, and includes any regulations made under those Acts, any exemption or
            modification to those Acts, and also includes any legislation or regulation which
            replaces or supplements those Acts.

4.    Principal Purpose of the Association
4.1   Principal Purpose
      The Principal Purpose of the Association is to advance Catholic education, including by:
      (a)   supporting and advancing Catholic education in the Edmund Rice tradition in fulfilment
            of the mission of Jesus Christ;
      (b)   owning, governing, managing and conducting Educational Bodies in accordance with
            the Statutes and all relevant legislation; and
      (c)   providing support, services, direction and leadership to those Educational Bodies.
4.2   Furthering the Principal Purpose
      (a)   The Association has all the powers given to it by the Act, which it may only exercise:
            (i)    in furtherance of the Principal Purpose; and
            (ii)   in accordance with the beliefs, teaching, discipline and canonical laws of the
                   Church.
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 Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia Adopted by TEREA AGM 22 June 2021       Page 6 of 16