New South Wales Consolidated Acts

REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 31

31 Manner of keeping registers relating to members and guests

(1) A register kept for the purposes of--

(a) section 30(2)(i) must include--

(i) the full name and address of each full member, and

(ii) if the rules of the registered club require the payment of a membership fee--the date on which the member last paid the fee.

(b) section 30 (2) (j) in relation to honorary members is to have entered in it the full name or the surname and initials, and the address, of each honorary member,

(c) section 30 (2) (k) shall have entered therein on each occasion on any day on which a person of or above the age of 18 years enters the premises of the club as the guest of a member the name in full or the surname and initials of the given names, and the address, of that guest, the date of that day and the signature of that member,

(d) section 30 (2) (l) in relation to temporary members is to have entered in it the full name or the surname and initials, and the address, of each temporary member,

(e) section 30 (2) (m) in relation to temporary members is to have entered in it, when a temporary member first enters the club premises on any day, the full name, or the surname and initials, and the address, of the temporary member together with his or her signature,

(f) section 30 (2) (n) in relation to temporary members referred to in section 30B is to have entered in it, when any such temporary member enters the club premises for the first time, the full name, or the surname and initials, and the address, of the temporary member together with his or her signature.

Note--: A person who is admitted as a temporary member for an extended period under section 30B does not have to sign in each time the person enters the club's premises as such a member.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) (c), if an entry in the register kept for the purposes of section 30 (2) (k) is made on any day in respect of the guest of a member, it is not necessary for an entry to be made in that register in respect of that guest if he or she subsequently enters the premises of the club on that day as the guest of that member.

(3) A register referred to in this section must be retained by a registered club for a period of at least 3 years after the date of the last entry in the register.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.