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Functions in registered clubs.
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29.—(1) A registered club shall not hold any function in its premises unless—
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(a) the function is—
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(i) for the benefit of the club as a whole,
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(ii) related to the club's objects, and
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(iii) organised by the club,
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and
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(b) only members of the club and their guests are present at it.
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any function—
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(a) where the whole proceeds, after deducting the expenses of the function, are devoted to community, charitable or benevolent purposes, or
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(b) which is organised by a registered club for a member (or a member of his or her family), and at which only the member and his or her guests are present.
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(3) Where there is a contravention of subsection (1)—
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(a) the registered club, and
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(b) every person entered in the register of clubs as an official or member of the committee of management or governing body of the club at the time of the contravention,
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is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
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(i) in the case of a first offence, £300, or
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(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, £500.
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(4) In any proceedings against a person for an offence under this section it shall be a defence for the person to prove that he or she exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.
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