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185 Transitional provision—Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Repeal and Advisory Councils Act 2024
(1) On the commencement day, the Liquor Control Advisory Council established by section 5 is abolished and its members go out of office.
(2) In this section, ***commencement day*** means the day on which Part 5 of the **Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Repeal and Advisory Councils Act 2024** comes into operation.
Schedules
Sch. 1 amended by No. 49/2021 s. 56.
Schedule 1––Club licences
Section 10(4)(a)
The rules of a club—
(a) must preclude the payment of any amount to an officer or servant of the club by way of commission or allowance from the receipts of the club for the supply of liquor;
(b) must provide that a visitor to the club must not be supplied with liquor in the club premises unless the visitor is—
(i) a guest in the company of a member of the club; or
(ii) if the club admits authorised gaming visitors, an authorised gaming visitor admitted in accordance with the rules of the club;
(c) must provide that a person cannot—
(i) be admitted as an honorary or temporary member of the club (if the club has these types of membership); or
(ii) be exempted from the obligation to pay the ordinary subscription for membership of the club—
unless the person is of a class specified in the rules and the admission or exemption is in accordance with the rules;
(d) except in the case of a club primarily for sporting purposes, must provide that a person under the age of 18 years cannot be admitted to membership of the club;
(g) unless the club is a body corporate—
(i) must provide that the facilities of the club are provided and maintained from the joint funds of the club;
(ii) except as otherwise permitted under the **Liquor Control Reform Act 1998**, must not enable any person to receive a greater profit, benefit or advantage from the club than that to which any member is entitled;
(iii) must provide for periodic meetings of the management committee and the recording of minutes of the meetings;
(iiia) must provide for a management committee of the club with responsibility for the affairs of the club;
(iiib) must provide that the members of the management committee of the club be elected for a term of not less than 12 months by a majority of the members present at the meeting and entitled to vote, subject to a quorum of at least 10% of members entitled to vote being present at the meeting;
(iv) must provide—
(A) that not less than two weeks may elapse between the date of nomination and the date of election of ordinary members; and
(B) that the names and addresses of persons proposed for election as members of the management committee of the club shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the club premises for not less than one week before the date of the election; and
(C) for the election of members of the management committee by the general body of members; and
(D) for the keeping of records of members voting at an election of members; and
(h) must provide for the keeping of records of guests; and
(i) in the case of a club in respect of which a venue operator's licence is in force, must provide that an authorised gaming visitor must—
(i) produce evidence of his or her residential address before being admitted to the licensed premises; and
(ii) carry identification at all times whilst on the licensed premises; and
(iii) comply with any relevant rules of the club whilst on the licensed premises.
Sch. 2 repealed by No. 21/2001 s. 13,
new Sch. 2 inserted by No. 39/2002 s. 14, repealed by No. 39/2002 s. 16(b), new Sch. 2 inserted by No. 73/2007 s. 7, amended by Nos 52/2010 s. 35, 71/2011 s. 30, 74/2014 s. 31 (as amended by No. 20/2015 s. 50(2)), 6/2021 s. 13.
Schedule 2––Specified offences for the purposes of banning notices and exclusion orders
The following offences are specified offences for the purposes of Part 8A—
1 Offences against the person
An offence against section 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31 or 31B of the **Crimes Act 1958**.
2 Sexual offences
An offence against section 38(1), 39(1), 40(1), 41(1), 42(1) or 43(1) of the **Crimes Act 1958**.
An offence against section 38 or 39 of the **Crimes Act 1958** inserted in the **Crimes Act 1958** on 1 January 1992 by section 3 of the **Crimes (Rape) Act 1991** and repealed by section 4 of the **Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014**.
An offence against section 38A of the **Crimes Act 1958** inserted in the **Crimes Act 1958** on 1 December 2006 by section 7 of the **Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006** and repealed by section 4 of the **Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014**.
An offence against section 40 of the **Crimes Act 1958** inserted in the **Crimes Act 1958** on 15 August 1993 by section 20 of the **Sentencing (Amendment) Act 1993** and repealed by section 4 of the **Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Act 2014**.
3 Destroying or damaging property and trespass
An offence against section 197 or 206 of the **Crimes Act 1958** or section 9 of the **Summary Offences Act 1966**.