New South Wales Consolidated Acts

REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 22A

22A Access to club premises by junior members

(1) The Authority may, on application by or on behalf of a registered club, grant an authorisation (a
"junior members authorisation" ) to allow members of the club who are under the age of 18 years access to areas of the club premises that would otherwise be restricted to those members, but only for the purpose of taking part in sporting activities or a prize-giving ceremony associated with sporting activities.

(2) Without limiting the conditions that may be imposed by the Authority under section 23A in relation to a junior members authorisation, any such conditions may relate to the following--

(a) the required level of adult supervision of members under the age of 18 years using the premises of the club under the authorisation,

(b) the establishment of, and the manner of keeping, a register to be signed by members under the age of 18 years each time they use the premises of the club under the authorisation and by each adult supervising them,

(c) the steps that the club must take to ensure that liquor is not sold or supplied to persons under the age of 18 years using the premises of the club under the authorisation,

(d) the steps that the club must take to ensure that approved gaming machines are not used by persons under the age of 18 years using the premises of the club under the authorisation.

(3) It is a condition of a junior members authorisation that tobacco vending machines must be unable to be operated while members under the age of 18 years are using the premises of the club under the authorisation.

(4) A registered club and the secretary of the club are each guilty of an offence if any conditions of a junior members authorisation held by the club are contravened.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units in the case of the registered club and 10 penalty units in the case of the secretary.

Note--: Section 23A also makes provision for the conditions to which a junior members authorisation is subject.