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REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 23
Functions on club premises
23 Functions on club premises
(1) The Authority may, on application by or on behalf of a registered club,
grant an authorisation (a
"club functions authorisation" ) to the club to permit persons-- (a) who are
not members of the club, or
(b) who are under the age of 18 years,
to attend,
in a specified part of the club premises, functions of a cultural,
educational, religious, patriotic, professional, charitable, political,
literary, sporting, athletic, industrial or community nature. Any such
function may include a wedding.
(2) A club functions authorisation is to
designate function areas (that is, each part of the club premises on which the
functions concerned are permitted to be held) and access areas (that is, each
part of the club premises through or by means of which persons attending those
functions are to be permitted to obtain entry to or to depart from a function
area).
(3) A club functions authorisation is subject to the following
conditions, but only to the extent that it authorises functions for minors on
the club premises-- (a) at least 7 days notice must be given to the local
police before any function is held,
(b) the notice must specify the name and
nature of the function, the number of minors attending, the number of adult
supervisors, details of the security arrangements and such other particulars
as may be prescribed by the regulations,
(c) the secretary of the club and
person conducting the function must comply with any directions given by the
local police or the Authority with respect to the conduct of functions for
minors,
(d) liquor must not be sold, supplied, disposed of or consumed in the
area in which any function is held,
(e) gaming machines must not be located
in the area in which any function is held and any area of the club in which
gaming machines are located must not be accessible to any minor attending the
function,
(f) such other conditions as may be prescribed by the regulations.
Note--: Section 23A also makes provision for the conditions to which a
club functions authorisation is subject.
(4) A registered club and the
secretary of the club are each guilty of an offence if-- (a) any conditions of
a club functions authorisation held by the club are contravened, or
(b) a
function is held pursuant to the club functions authorisation otherwise than
in accordance with the approval of the governing body of the club.
: Maximum
penalty--20 penalty units in the case of the registered club and 10 penalty
units in the case of the secretary.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution of a
secretary of a club for an offence under subsection (4) if it is proved that--
(a) the secretary had taken all reasonable precautions to avoid commission of
the alleged offence, and
(b) at the time of the alleged offence the secretary
did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the
alleged offence had been committed.
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