Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 3.4.8(1) substituted by No. 29/2009 s. 15(1), amended by No. 56/2010 s. 9.
(1) Only a person who is a body corporate may apply to the Commission for a club venue operator's licence or a hotel venue operator's licence.
S. 3.4.8(1A) inserted by No. 29/2009 s. 15(1).
(1A) An application for a club venue operator's licence may only be made by a club—
(a) that is established for a community purpose; and
(b) the constituting document of which contains provisions prohibiting—
(i) the distribution of any annual profit or surplus to its members; and
(ii) the distribution of any surplus to its members on winding up.
(2) An application for a licence must—
(a) be in the form approved by the Commission; and
(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee; and
S. 3.4.8(2)(ba) inserted by No. 72/2007 s. 8.
(ba) set out details of the self-exclusion program that the applicant intends to conduct if the licence is granted; and
S. 3.4.8(2)(bb) inserted by No. 72/2007 s. 8.
(bb) be accompanied by a Responsible Gambling Code of Conduct that the applicant intends to implement if the licence is granted; and
(c) contain or be accompanied by any additional information the Commission requires.
S. 3.4.8(2A) inserted by No. 29/2009 s. 15(2), substituted by No. 43/2009 s. 10.
(2A) In addition to the requirements of subsection (2), in the case of an application for a club venue operator's licence where the applicant holds a club liquor licence or a racing club licence, the application must also be accompanied by—
(a) a copy of the club liquor licence, or the racing club licence (as the case may be) for the club; and
(b) any further information that the Commission requires to be satisfied that the applicant is a club established for a community purpose.
S. 3.4.8(2AB) inserted by No. 43/2009 s. 10.
(2AB) In addition to the requirements of subsection (2), in the case of an application for a club venue operator's licence where the applicant does not hold a club liquor licence or a racing club licence, the application must also be accompanied by—
(a) a copy of the constituting document of the club that is certified as true and correct by the authorising officer of the club with the provisions referred to in subsection (1A)(b) clearly marked; and
(b) a statement of community purpose which sets out the purposes for which the club is established (if these purposes are not set out in the constituting document of the club); and
(c) any further information that the Commission requires to be satisfied that the applicant is a club established for a community purpose.
(3) Within 14 days after making an application, the applicant must cause to be published in a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria a notice containing—
(a) the prescribed information; and
(b) a statement that any person may object to the grant of the licence by giving notice in writing to the Commission within 28 days after the date of publication stating the grounds for the objection.
(4) If a requirement made by this section is not complied with, the Commission may refuse to consider the application.
Note
Division 1 of Part 4 of Chapter 10 provides for the investigation of an application for a venue operator's licence.
S. 3.4.9 substituted by No. 29/2009 s. 16, repealed by No. 28/2022 s. 23.
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