REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 17AB Club amalgamations

REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 17AB

17AB Club amalgamations

(1) 2 or more registered clubs may amalgamate in accordance with this Division.

(2) An amalgamation of 2 or more registered clubs--

(a) is effected by--

(i) the dissolution of each of those clubs and the formation of a new club that owns or occupies the same premises (or part of the same premises) of at least one of the dissolved clubs, and

(ii) the transfer, under section 60 of the Liquor Act 2007 , to the new club of the club licence or licences held by the dissolved club or clubs in respect of those premises, or

(b) is effected by--

(i) the continuation of one of those clubs and the dissolution of the other club or clubs, and

(ii) the transfer, under section 60 of the Liquor Act 2007 , of the club licence held by each of those dissolved clubs to the continuing club.

Note : Under section 60 (6) of the Liquor Act 2007 the club licence held by a dissolved club may be transferred to the parent (or amalgamated) club only if the Authority is satisfied that the requirements of this Division have been complied with.

(3) This Division (including any regulations made in relation to club amalgamations) extends, with such modifications as are necessary, to a proposed amalgamation in which one of the parties involved comprises those members of an amalgamated club who represent the interests of a proposed de-amalgamated club (being a club that is to result from a de-amalgamation under Division 1B). Accordingly, a reference in this Division (and in any such regulation) to a registered club includes a reference to a proposed de-amalgamated club and the members of that proposed de-amalgamated club are taken to be the members of the amalgamated club before the de-amalgamation.