Registered Clubs (Liquor) Amendment Act 1979 (NSW)

REGISTERED CLUBS (LIQUOR) AMENDMENT ACT,

1979, No. 151

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Act No. 151, 1979.

An Act to amend sections of the Registered Clubs Act, 1976, with respect to reassessments of fees payable in respect of renewals of certificates of registration of clubs. [Assented to, 10th December, 1979.1

Act No. 151, 1979.

Registered Clubs (Liquor) Amendment.

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 follov/s :—

1.          This Act may be cited as the “Registered Clubs (Liquor) Short

Amendment Act, 1979”.

2. (1) This Act, except section 3, shall commence on the Commence-

date of assent to this Act.

(2) Section 3 shall commence on the day upon which Schedule 3 (12) (a) to the Liquor (Amendment) Act, 1979, commences.

3. The Registered Clubs Act, 1976, is amended by inserting Amendment

after section 15 (2) the following subsection :—

Sec. 15. (Fees.)

(2a ) Where—

(a)

the licensing magistrates decide to make a reassess­ ment under subsection (2) of a fee (in this subsection referred to as “the original fee”) because the original fee was assessed or reassessed at a lesser amount than it should have been by reason of incorrect information contained in the statement furnished by the secretary of the registered club concerned by reference to which the original fee was assessed or reassessed; and

(b)

the licensing magistrates are of the opinion that the secretary knew or ought to have known it to be incorrect or made the statement with reckless indifference as to whether it was correct or incorrect.

Act No. 151, 1979.

Registered Clubs {Liquor) Amendment.

the licensing magistrates may make that reassessment under subsection (2) at the amount at which the original fee would have been assessed or reassessed if the information had been correct, increased by an amount not exceeding the difference between the original fee and that lastmentioned amount.