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REGISTERED CLUBS (MANAGEMENT) AMENDMENT
BILL 1993
NEW SOUTH WALES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Explanatory Note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament)
The object of this Bill is to amend the Registered Clubs Act 1976 so as:
to remove the existing power of the Licensing Court when determining a
complaint against a registered club to disqualify the club from holding a
certificate of registration for a period of time (see Schedule 1 (1), (2) (a), (c),
(f) and (4));
to empower the Licensing Court when determining a complaint against a
registered club to order that a specified person is ineligible to be the secretary
or a member of the governing body of a registered club (see Schedule 1 (2) (e)
(3));
to add as a ground of complaint against a registered club the ground that a
member of the governing body of the club is not a fit and proper person to hold
that position (there is currently provision for such a complaint to be made only
about the secretary of the club) (see Schedule 1 (2) (b));
to increase from 500 to 2,500 penalty units the maximum monetary penalty that
the Licensing Court can impose on a club when determining a complaint
against the club (see Schedule 1 (2) (d));
to enact transitional provisions (see Schedule 1 (5)) that will:
· require any existing registration disqualifications to be remitted to the
Licensing Court for redetermination on the basis of the new provisions
(except the increase in monetary penalty); and
· require pending matters to be determined on the basis of the new
provisions (except the increase in monetary penalty); and
· apply an amendment to the Act made in 1989 to any such pending or
remitted matters even if they relate to a complaint made before the 1989
amendment (the amendment enabled the Licensing Court to impose any
one or more of the available disciplinary measures whereas before the
amendment it was limited to imposing only one of those measures).
Clause 1 specifies the short title of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on the date of assent.
Clause 3 gives effect to the Schedule of amendments to the Registered Clubs Act
1976.
Schedule 1 makes the amendments to the Registered Clubs Act 1976 explained
above.