Registered Clubs Act 1976 Registered Clubs Amendment (Club Rules) Regulation 1997 (1997-372) [GG No 86 of 1.8.1997, p 5977] (NSW)

1997 No 372

New South Wales

Registered Clubs Amendment (Club

Rules) Regulation 1997

under the

Registered Clubs Act 1976

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Registered Clubs Act 1976.

J RICHARD FACE MP

Minister for Gaming and Racing

Explanatory note

rules of a registered club can provide that the entitlement to vote at the At present under section 30 (9) (a) of the Registered Clubs Act 1976, the

annual election of the directors of the club is confined to a certain class or

classes of the full members of the club.
Certain amendments made by the Registered Clubs and Liquor Legislation
Amendment Act 1997, which will commence on 1 August 1997, enable the
directors of a registered club to be elected on a biennial basis (ie 2 year
terms of office) as an alternative to an annual election.
The object of this Regulation is, as a consequence of those amendments, to
provide that the existing rules of a registered club which only enable certain
full members of the club to vote at an annual election of the club’s directors
will also extend to a biennial election.
This Regulation is made under the Registered Clubs Act 1976, including
section 73 (the general regulation making power) and clause 1A of
Schedule 2.

Published in Gazette No 86 of 1 August 1997, page 5977 Page 1

1997 No 372

Clause 1 Registered Clubs Amendment (Club Rules) Regulation 1997

Registered Clubs Amendment (Club Rules)
Regulation 1997

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Registered Clubs Amendment (Club Rules)

Regulation 1997.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 August 1997.

3 Amendment of Registered Clubs Regulation 1996

The Registered Clubs Regulation 1996 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Registered Clubs Amendment (Club Rules) Regulation 1997

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 55A

Insert after clause 55:

55A Transitional provision—existing rules relating to full

members’ entitlement to vote at election of club
directors

If, immediately before 1 August 1997, the rules sf a registered club provided, in accordance with section 30 (9) (a) of the Act, that a certain class or classes of the full members of the club only are entitled to vote at the annual election sf the governing body of the club, those rules are taken to also apply to and in respect of the election of the club’s governing body on a biennial basis in accordance with section 30 (1) (a) (ii) of the Act (as amended by the Registered Clubs and Liquor Legislation Amendment Act 1997).