5Declaration of sporting organisations

5 Declaration of sporting organisations

5 Declaration of sporting organisations

(1) An individual, a body corporate or an unincorporated association, who or which is concerned, directly or indirectly, in the regulation and conduct of any sporting or athletic activity or activities, may be declared, by an order made—

(a) by the Minister, or

(b) with the consent of the Minister, by the chief executive,

to be a sporting organisation in respect of that activity or those activities.

(2) Orders made under subsection (1) may declare more than one individual, body corporate or unincorporated association, or any 2 or more of any of them, to be sporting organisations in respect of the same sporting or athletic activity.

(3) An order made under subsection (1) has effect when it is made and shall be published in the Gazette not later than 30 days after it has been made.

s 5: Am 1981 No 116, Sch 4 (2); 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [6]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [2].