annual report 2011 - Blacktown RSL

without the consent of the Licensing Court being obtained and provided further that the power to sell
shall not be exercised in respect of the whole or any part of the Club’s premises which may be
registered under the provisions of the Registered Clubs Act without the prior approval of the members
in general meeting’ and replacing them with the words ‘the Board shall not dispose of any core
property of the Club (as defined by the Registered Clubs Act) except in accordance with the
Registered Clubs Act and any regulations to it’.
33. Deleting the words ‘including Mens Bowls and Womens Bowls’ from Rule 49(m)(i).
34. Deleting the words ‘become affiliated with the bodies controlling the sport of Bowls’ from Rule
49(m)(ii) and replacing them with the words ‘become affiliated with the bodies controlling the relevant
sport’.
35. Deleting the words ‘Section 39’ from Rule 58 and replacing them with the words ‘Section 41C and
Section 41K’.
36. Adding the words ‘or any other applicable law’ to the end of Rule 60(g).
37. Deleting the inverted commas and semicolon from the end of Rule 60(j) and Rule 80(d).
38. Deleting the words ‘and who shall hold the Certificate of Registration of the Club’ from Rule 79(d).
39. Deleting the full stop at the end of Rule 81(c) and replacing it with the words ‘; or’ and adding a new
Rule 81(d) as follows:
‘(d) by notifying the Member that the notice is available and how it may be accessed (if the Member
has nominated electronic means by which the Member may be notified that a notice is available
and an electronic means by which the Member may access the notice).’
40. Adding a new Rule 82(c) as follows:
‘(c) Where the Club gives a notice by electronic means under Rule 81(d) the notice is taken to have
been given to the Member on the Business Day after the day on which the Member is notified
that the notice of meeting is available.’
41. Adding the word ‘financial’ before the words ‘R.S.L members’ and the words ‘Associate members’ in
Rule 84.
42. Deleting Rule 76 in its entirety and replacing it with the following new Rule 76:
’76. The Club must send or make available to each member of the Club a copy of the annual
financial report, the director’s reports and the auditor’s report, in accordance with the
requirements of The Act.’
EXPLANATORY NOTES – SPECIAL RESOLUTION 1
1. This special resolution is largely administrative to update the Constitution to reflect current law and
practice at the Club.
2. References to ‘Rules’ in these notes are references to Rules in the Club’s Constitution.
3. Paragraphs 1 – 6 of Special Resolution 1 update interpretation provisions of the Constitution and
some definitions to reflect current law. The definition of ‘R.S.L’ is deleted as the sub-Branch is now to
be identified by its full name for the sake of clarity, and paragraphs 12 and 15 of Special Resolution 1
update the Constitution accordingly. Paragraph 28 of Special Resolution 1 also amends Rule 43(c) to
reflect the definitions in Rule 1.
4. After a change to the law, the Club no longer has a ‘Certificate of Registration’ held by the Secretary.
Instead, the Club now has a ‘Club Licence’ under the Liquor Act. Paragraph 7 and paragraph 38 of
Special Resolution 1 update the Constitution to reflect this change.
5. Paragraph 8 of Special Resolution 1 deletes Rule 7(b) of the Constitution as the content of that Rule is
already covered in Rule 10.
6. Paragraph 9 of Special Resolution 1 amends Rule 9(a) of the Constitution to simplify the Club’s
objective to provide all the usual social and other amenities of a registered Club.
7. Paragraph 10, paragraph 14 and paragraph 37 of Special Resolution 1 update typographical errors
and update references. They do not make any substantial changes.
8. Rule 9(t) states that the Club can promote its objects etc by a range of methods, some of which are
now uncommon in the modern market. Paragraph 11 of Special Resolution 1 updates Rule 9(t) so
the Club can use any method of promotion it considers appropriate, without needing to update this
Rule as technology changes.
9. Paragraph 13 of Special Resolution 1 deletes Rule 17 as it refers to the renaming of the classes of
membership which took place some time ago and is now complete making this Rule obsolete.
10. Paragraph 16 and paragraph 41of Special Resolution 1 amend the Constitution to clearly specify that
only financial Members may exercise their membership rights under Rule 20(a) and Rule 84. This
does not change existing membership rights, it is only intended to identify this in important Rules (e.g.
relating to Board eligibility, voting rights, and amendments to the Constitution) for ease of reference.
11. Under the Registered Clubs Act 1976 (Registered Clubs Act), Temporary Members may be admitted
for up to 7 days (or a longer period of up to 30 days if approved by the Casino, Liquor & Gaming
Control Authority). Paragraphs 17 and 18 of Special Resolution 1 amend the Constitution accordingly.
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