Registered Clubs (Amendment) Act 1985 (NSW)

REGISTERED CLUBS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1985, No. 13

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Act No. 13, 1985.

An Act to amend the Registered Clubs Act, 1976, so as to make it an offence to permit the sale of stolen goods, or of certain drugs and substances, on the premises of registered clubs. [Assented to, 29th March, 1985.]

Registered Clubs (Amendment) 1985

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows;—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Registered Clubs (Amendment) Act,

1985”.

Amendment of Act No. 31, 1976.

2. The Registered Clubs Act, 1976, is amended by inserting after section

54 the following section:—

Sale of stolen goods or drugs on premises of registered clubs.

54a. (1) .A person, being the secretary of a registered club, an employee

of a registered club or a person in charge of a registered club, shall not

permit the premises of the club to be used for the sale of—

(a) any goods that the person suspects of being stolen; or

(b) any substance that the person suspects of being a prohibited drug or restricted substance within the meaning of the Poisons Act, 1966.

Penalty; $1,000.

It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if it is proved that the goods concerned were not stolen or that the substance concerned was not a prohibited drug or restricted substance within the meaning of the Poisons Act. 1966.

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