New South Wales Consolidated Acts

REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 41E

41E Disclosure of gifts and remuneration from affiliated bodies

(1) A member of the governing body of a registered club or a top executive of a registered club must, in accordance with this section, declare any gift or remuneration received by the member or top executive after the commencement of this section from an affiliated body if the value of the gift, or the amount of remuneration, exceeds $500.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) A declaration under this section in relation to a gift or remuneration must:

(a) be in a form approved by the Director, and

(b) contain the particulars required by the form, and

(c) be submitted to the secretary of the registered club concerned within 14 days of receipt of the gift or remuneration.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant establishes that he or she did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the body from which the gift or remuneration was received was an affiliated body.

(4) In this section, a reference to a gift or remuneration received from an affiliated body of a registered club is a reference to a gift or remuneration received from a related body corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, or any other body, that within the period of 12 months immediately preceding the receipt of the gift or remuneration obtained a grant or subsidy from the club.

(5) In this section and in section 41F, "remuneration" includes any fee for service.