Victorian Numbered Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION FURTHER AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 58 OF 2009) - SECT 143

After clause 22.1A of Schedule 7 to the Principal Act insert —

        " 22.1AB     Venue operators that do not hold a club licence, pub licence or racing club licence

    (1)     This clause applies if immediately before the day on which section 143 of the Gambling Regulation Further Amendment Act 2009 comes into operation (the relevant day ) a venue operator (a relevant operator) does not hold a club licence, pub licence or racing club licence.

    (2)     On the relevant day, a relevant operator that meets the club requirements is to be taken to hold a club venue operator's licence.

    (3)     On the relevant day, a relevant operator that does not meet the club requirements is to be taken to hold a hotel venue operator's licence.

    (4)     In this clause—

"club requirements", in relation to a relevant operator, means the operator is 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.".