Registered Clubs Act 1976 Regulation relating to payment of registration fees in instalments (1995-712) [GG No 149 of 8.12.1995] (NSW)

1995—No. 712

REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976—REGULATION

(Relating to payment of registration fees in instalments)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 149 of 8 December 1995]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Registered Clubs Act 1976, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JACK FACE, M.P.,

Minister for Gaming and Racing.

The Registered Clubs Regulation 1983 is amended by omitting clauses

18, 18A and 18B and by inserting instead the following clause:

Payment of registration fee

18. (1) The fee for a certificate of registration in respect of a

registration period must be paid by one of the following methods:

(a)	Payment in full. The registration fee is paid in full before the registration period commences.
(b)	Payment in 2 instalments. The registration fee is paid in 2 instalments, calculated in accordance with subclause (2). The first instalment is payable on or before 15 January in the year the registration period commences and the second instalment is payable on or before 15 May in that year.
(c)	Payment in 6 instalments. The registration fee is paid in

6 instalments, calculated in accordance with subclause (3).

The first instalment is payable on or before 15 January in the year the registration period commences and the remaining instalments are payable on or before 15 February, 15 March, 15 April, 15 May and 15 June in that year.

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(2) Payment in 2 instalments. If a registration fee is paid as

provided for by subclause (1) (b):

(a) the amount of the first instalment is:

(i)  if the registration fee is an even number of dollars—half the registration fee; or

(ii) if the registration fee is an odd number of dollars- an amount that would be half the registration fee if the registration fee were increased by 1 dollar; and

(b) the amount of the second instalment is the balance of the registration fee after payment of the first instalment.

(3) Payment in 6 instalments. If a registration fee is paid as

provided for by subclause ( 1) (c):

(a) the amount of each of the first 5 instalments is:

(i)  if the registration fee is a multiple of 6 dollars- one sixth of the registration fee; or

(ii)  if the registration fee is not a multiple of 6 dollars—an amount that would be one sixth of the registration fee if the registration fee were increased by the amount (of less than 6 dollars) necessary to make the registration fee a multiple of 6 dollars; and

(b) the amount of the last instalment is the balance of the registration fee after payment of the first 5 instalments.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

At present a registration fee payable under the Registered Clubs Act 1976 must be paid in full before the registration period commences (16 January in each year) or be paid in 2 instalments (the first being payable before the registration period commences and the other being payable within 4 months after that commencement). Special arrangements introduced for the registration period that commenced in January 1995 allowed the fee for that registration period to be paid in 6 instalments (payable on or before the 15th of January, February, March, April, May and June).

The object of this Regulation is to make those special arrangements permanent. That is, the 6 instalment payment option will continue to be available, in addition to the other payment options outlined above.
The Regulation also removes provisions relating to the payment of registration fees that are now obsolete.

This Regulation is made under the Registered Clubs Act 1976, in particular section

15 (Fees) and section 73 (the general regulation making power).