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REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 41C
Registered Clubs Accountability Code
(1) The regulations may prescribe a Registered Clubs Accountability Code.
(2)
The Code may make provision for or with respect to the following-- (a)
requiring the directors and employees of a registered club to disclose
interests in matters relating to the affairs of the club,
(b) requiring the
directors and employees of a registered club to disclose any gifts or
remuneration they receive from specified persons or bodies,
(c) restricting
registered clubs from entering into specified contracts or classes of
contracts or requiring clubs to amend or terminate such contracts,
(d)
restricting the lending of money to the directors or employees of a
registered club,
(e) restricting the use and disposal of the property of
registered clubs,
(f) the remuneration payable to directors and employees of
registered clubs,
(g) reporting requirements,
(h) any other matter relating
to the accountability of registered clubs.
(3) A person who contravenes a
provision of the Code that is identified by the Code as an offence provision
is guilty of an offence. : Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.
(4) If a
registered club contravenes a provision of the Code that is identified as an
offence provision, the club is not guilty of an offence under this section but
each person who is the secretary of the club, a director of the club or a
close associate of the club is guilty of an offence punishable by a maximum
penalty of 100 penalty units unless the person satisfies the court that-- (a)
the club contravened the provision without the actual, imputed or constructive
knowledge of the person, or
(b) the person was not in a position to influence
the conduct of the club in relation to the contravention, or
(c) the person,
if in such a position, used all due diligence to prevent the contravention by
the club.
(5) An individual is not liable to be convicted of an offence under
both subsections (3) and (4) in respect of essentially the same act or
omission.
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