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Sporting Venues Authorities Act 2008
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#### 21E Membership advisory committees
21E Membership advisory committees
> > (1) The following membership advisory committees are established on the commencement day—
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> > > (a) a committee to provide advice to Venues NSW regarding the membership of persons who were formerly Members of the Sydney Cricket Ground, as referred to in clause 37 of the [Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium By-law 2014](/view/html/repealed/current/sl-2014-0540) before its repeal,
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> > > (b) a committee to provide advice to Venues NSW regarding the membership of persons who were given membership to stadia vested in Venues NSW before the commencement day.
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> > (2) Venues NSW is to ensure a former member is invited to become a member of—
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> > > (a) if the former member was a member of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust—the membership advisory committee established under subsection (1)(a), or
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> > > (b) if the former member was a member of the former board of management of Venues NSW—the membership advisory committee established under subsection (1)(b).
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> > (3) A person becomes a member of a membership advisory committee—
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> > > (a) if the person is a former member—
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> > > > (i) on the day the former member accepts Venues NSW’s invitation to become a member of the membership advisory committee, and
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> > > > (ii) in accordance with subsection (2), or
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> > > (b) if the person who is elected, in accordance with Schedule 3, as a member of the membership advisory committee established under subsection (1)(a)—on the date of the person’s election.
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> > (4) A membership advisory committee may be dissolved or merged with another advisory committee on the expiration of the remainder of the terms of office of—
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> > > (a) for a membership advisory committee established under subsection (1)(a)—all of the former members of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust who have been appointed as members of the membership advisory committee, or
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> > > (b) for a membership advisory committee established under subsection (1)(b)—all of the former members of the former board of management of Venues NSW who have been appointed as members of the membership advisory committee.
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> > (5) A member of a membership advisory committee is not personally subject to any liability for anything done—
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> > > (a) in good faith, and
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> > > (b) for the purpose of executing functions under this Act.
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> > (6) The liability instead attaches to the Crown.
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> > (7) In this section—
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> > former board of management of Venues NSW means the board of management of Venues NSW before Venues NSW was reconstituted by Schedule 5, Part 6.
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> > former member means a person who—
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> > > (a) was, immediately before its dissolution, a member of—
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> > > > (i) the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust, or
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> > > > (ii) the former board of management of Venues NSW, and
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> > > (b) is not appointed as a member of the Board of Venues NSW.
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> **pt 3A (ss 21B–21F):** Ins 2020 No 29, Sch 1\[10\].